Biology:Tonna berthae

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Tonna berthae
Tonna berthae.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species:
T. berthae
Binomial name
Tonna berthae
Vos, 2005[1]

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to South Africa .[1]

Shell description

The shell height is up to about 90 mm.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vos C. (2005). "A new species of Tonna Brünnich, 1772 (Gastropoda, Tonnidae) (Tonna berthae) from South-African waters". Gloria Maris 44(1-2): 10-17.
  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7821569 entry