Tonna boucheti

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Tonna boucheti
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Shell ofTonna boucheti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species:
T. boucheti
Binomial name
Tonna boucheti
Vos, 2005 [1]
Synonyms [2]

Tonna chinensisZhang & Ma, 2004

Tonna boucheti is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells. [2]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 60 and 81 mm (2.4 and 3.2 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Taiwan.

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References

  1. Vos. 2005. Visaya 1(5) : 45-62. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. 1 2 Tonna boucheti Vos, 2005 . WoRMS (2009). Tonna boucheti Vos, 2005. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389447 on 26 April 2011 .