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Author: Jan Delsing
Author: Jan Delsing
Author: Jan Delsing
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Description
Shell nearly globular, with sharp-pointed spire rising but little above rounded outline; whorls rounded, sculptured with distant revolving grooves; suture deep; outer lip a little thickened, crenate on its edge, showing the ridges aud grooves within; basal notch moderate; there is an umbilicus behind columellar reflection. Color whitish or fulvous, spire darker; columellar area with brown stains.
Length, 200; diameter, 160 mm.
Length, 200; diameter, 160 mm.
Dall, W.H. & Simpson, C.T., 1901. The Mollusca of Porto Rico.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Tonna galea Linnaeus, 1758]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Tonna galea (LINNÉ, 1758)]Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013
Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy [as Tonna galea (Linné, 1758)] Petović S., Gvozdenović S., Ikica Z. (2017): An Annotated Checklist of the Marine Molluscs of the South Adriatic Sea (Montenegro) and a Comparison with Those of Neighbouring Areas, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 17: 921-934 [as Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)]