Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Tonnoidea Genus Tonna Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Tonnidae Scientific name Tonna allium Rank Species | |
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Similar Tonna, Tonna dolium, Tonna tessellata, Tonna canaliculata, Tonna sulcosa | ||
Tonna allium, common name the costate tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 131 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius.
References
Tonna allium Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA