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184:Tonna galea
44:Tonna galea
1524:Categories
758:References
631:epidermata
603:brasiliana
559:epidermata
547:brasiliana
400:Cape Verde
331:body whorl
232:of marine
118:Subclass:
112:Gastropoda
24:Giant tun
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480:in 1854.
343:columella
295:engraving
267:in 1758.
255:, in the
245:sea snail
234:gastropod
226:giant tun
160:Species:
88:Kingdom:
82:Eukaryota
1530:Tonnidae
1403:10232218
1296:Q1548480
1290:Wikidata
947:Cymatium
468:. As a
462:bivalves
460:. fish,
458:starfish
412:seagrass
335:aperture
316:aperture
259:and the
241:Tonnidae
205:Synonyms
192:Linnaeus
142:Tonnidae
138:Family:
102:Mollusca
98:Phylum:
92:Animalia
78:Domain:
1442:1027438
1377:2300446
1221:1678597
667:tardina
583:tardina
432:Ecology
408:seabeds
386:), the
384:Madeira
237:mollusc
230:species
228:, is a
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128:Order:
108:Class:
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1468:340004
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396:Angola
390:, the
327:whorls
1502:WoRMS
1481:91197
1416:73144
1398:IRMNG
1359:EUNIS
1338:7CHZS
1217:S2CID
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956:(PDF)
951:Bursa
665:var.
653:var.
641:var.
629:var.
601:var.
581:var.
569:var.
557:var.
545:var.
323:spire
280:X-ray
153:Tonna
40:shell
1494:4990
1450:OBIS
1437:NCBI
1411:ITIS
1372:GBIF
1364:9510
1320:BOLD
1177:ISBN
1145:2014
1095:2014
1060:2014
1018:2014
1007:ISSN
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900:2014
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