Tonna berthae

Tonna berthae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
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 2 3 Vos C. (2005). "A new species of Tonna BrĂ¼nnich, 1772 (Gastropoda, Tonnidae) (Tonna berthae) from South-African waters". Gloria Maris 44(1-2): 10-17.
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