Tonna pennata

Tonna pennata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species: T. pennata
Binomial name
Tonna pennata
(Mörch, 1853)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Buccinum maculosum Dillwyn, 1817
Dolium album Conrad, 1854
Dolium pennatum Mörch, 1853
Dolium perdix occidentalis Mörch, 1877
Helix sulfurea Dall, 1889
Helix sulphurea C. B. Adams, 1849

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 158 mm.[3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 13 m.[3]

References

  1. Mörch O. A. (1853). Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso D'Aguirra & Gadea, comes de Yoldi, regis Daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis Dannebrogici in prima classe & ordinis Caroli Tertii eques. Fasciculus primus. Cephalophora. Haec conchylia publica auctione calendis octobribus dividentur. L. Klein, Copenhague Vol. 1 (1852), 170 p. vol. 2, [IV] + 76 p. [post 1 aprile 1853].
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853). Vos, C. (2009). Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410165 on 9 July 2010.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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