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Giant Tun Snail

Tonna galea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Greece.January 3, February 5, March 3, April 6, May 3, June 2, July 13, August 16, September 8, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States486
Greece62
Texas35
Brazil30
North Carolina28
Macedonia-Thrace22
Egean18
South Carolina16
Espirito Santo14
Alabama11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyTun Snails · Tonnidae
GenusTonna

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