Tonna oentoengi

Tonna oentoengi
Shell of Tonna oentoengi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species:
T. oentoengi
Binomial name
Tonna oentoengi
Vos, 2005[1]
Synonyms[2]

Tonna oentoengi Dharma, 2005

Tonna oentoengi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 110 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Arafura Sea.

References

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  1. ^ Vos. 2005. Gloria Maris 44(1-2) : 18-24. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b Tonna oentoengi Vos, 2005. Vos, C. (2009). Tonna oentoengi Vos, 2005. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389268 on 9 July 2010 .
  • Vos, C. (2005b) A new species of Tonna Brünnich, 1772 (Gastropoda, Tonnidae) (Tonna oentoengi) from Indonesian and Western Australian waters. Gloria Maris 44(1-2): 18-24
  • 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