Tonna zonata
Tonna zonata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]
Tonna zonata | |
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Shell of Tonna zonata (neotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Tonnidae |
Genus: | Tonna |
Species: | T. zonata |
Binomial name | |
Tonna zonata (Green, 1830)[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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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
- Green. 1830, Albany Inst., New York, 1: 131, pl. 4. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- Tonna zonata (Green, 1830). Vos, C. (2009). Tonna zonata (Green, 1830). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410270 on 9 July 2010 .
- 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: 131-133
- Philippi, R. A. (1845). Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 2(10): 147-152
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