Shell periostracum, animal radula string and jaws
Description:
Specimen of Tonna lischkeana (Küster, 1857) of approx. 140 mm, with its full periostracum, the radula string and jaws removed from the animal and put together for comparison. Photograph courtesy of Royston Koh (Singapore). See also Vos, C. (2012) Shell Discoveries 1(1); Pl. 2, fig. 1a and Vos, C. (2013) Gloria MAris 52(1-2) Pl. 2, Fig. 1a
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Caenogastropoda (An order of snails)
- Littorinimorpha
- Tonnoidea
- Tonnidae (tun shells)
- Tonna
- Tonna lischkeana
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