Tonna luteostoma
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| Tonna luteostoma (Küster, 1857) |
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Dolium luteostomum Küster, 1857 |
Tonna luteostoma is a large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun snails or tun shells.
[edit] Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific seas, north to Japan and south to New Zealand.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is similar to Tonna tankervillii but it is always smaller, and it has a flattened shoulder area, and deeper, wider, and more square-cut interspaces to the corrugations.
The shell coloration is variable, but it is usually diffused with reddish-brown on a white ground, the corrugations with numerous rectangular maculations in dark reddish-brown. The interior is bright chestnut-brown, fading to whitish at the outer-lip.
The shell height is up to 122 mm, and the width up to 94 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
