Eudolium pyriforme

Eudolium pyriforme, common name the false tun shell, is a species of large, rare, deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun snails.

False tun shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Tonnidae
Genus:
Eudolium
Species:
E. pyriforme
Binomial name
Eudolium pyriforme

This species has a wide distribution, including Australia, Hawaii, Japan, New Zealand,[1] and South Africa.[2]

References
  1. Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. Sea Shells of New South Wales


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