Tonna melanostoma

Tonna melanostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species: T. melanostoma
Binomial name
Tonna melanostoma
(Jay, 1839)
Synonyms

Dolium melanostoma Jay, 1839

Tonna melanostoma is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.

Distribution

This species occurs off New Zealand[1]

References

  1. Powell A. W. B. (1979). William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
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