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Tonna melanostoma

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Tonna melanostoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
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

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This species occurs off New Zealand[1]

References

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