Tonna chinensis, common name : the China tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[1]

China tun
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species:
T. chinensis
Binomial name
Tonna chinensis
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum chinense Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym)
  • Dolium (Dolium) chinense (Dillwyn, 1817)(Recombination)
  • Dolium (Dolium) chinense var. magnifica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) (Recombination of synonym)
  • Dolium australe Mörch, 1853
  • Dolium chinense (Dillwyn, 1817)(Recombination)
  • Dolium magnificum G.B. Sowerby III, 1904
  • Dolium pictum Schepman, 1893
  • Dolium schepmani Bayer, 1937
  • Dolium variegatum Philippi, 1847
  • Dolium variegatum var. chinense Tryon, 1885
  • Tonna (Tonna) chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) (Recombination)
  • Tonna (Tonna) schepmani (Bayer, 1937) (Recombination of synonym)
  • Tonna chinensis magnifica Kira, 1959

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 140 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Tonna chinensis (Hanley, 1860)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Tonna chinensis (Hanley, 1860)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  • Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
  • Vos C. (2005) Notes on Tonnidae of the T. variegata complex and T. chinensis complex, with descriptions of four new species (Gastropoda: Tonnidae). Visaya 1(5): 45–62. [November 2005]
  • 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
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 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
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