Tonna morrisoni is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]
| Tonna morrisoni | |
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| Shell of Tonna morrisoni (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Tonnidae |
| Genus: | Tonna |
| Species: | T. morrisoni
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| Tonna morrisoni Vos, 2005[1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 90 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar.
References edit
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- ^ Vos. 2005. Visaya 1(5) : 45-62. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ Tonna morrisoni Vos, 2005. Vos, C. (2009). Tonna morrisoni Vos, 2005. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389448 on 9 July 2010 .
- 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