''Tonna zonata'' is a
species
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of large
sea snail
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, a
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusk
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in the
family
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Tonnidae, the tun shells.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 100 mm and 280 mm.
Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution : East China Sea, South China Sea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and New Zealand.
References
* Leung KF. & Morton B. (2000). The 1998 resurvey of the subtidal molluscan community of the southeastern waters of Hong Kong, six years after dredging began and three since it ended.In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Marine Biological Workshop: Morton B, editor. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China V. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 553–617.
* Vos, C. (2007) A conchological Iconography (No. 13) - The family Tonnidae. 123 pp., 30 numb. plus 41 (1 col.) un-numb. text-figs, 33 maps., 63 col. pls, Conchbooks, Germany
* Vos, C. (2008) Tonnidae. in Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine Marine Mollusks, Volume 1: Gastropoda 1: 594–611, pls 242–250. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany.
* Cernohorsky. W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
* Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12–22; Pls. 1-9
* Vos, C. (2013) Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. Gloria Maris 52(1-2); pp. 22–53; Pls. 1-9
External links
Green, J. (1830). The Dolia of the United States. Transactions of the Albany Institute, New York. 1: 131-133Philippi, R. A. (1845). Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 2(10): 147-152
Tonnidae
Gastropods described in 1830
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