Carved wood shell
REF: 5891
Carved wood shell
REF: 5891
Handsome carved wood Tonna galea, commonly known as the giant tun, is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae (also known as the tun shells). This very large sea snail or tun snail is found in the North Atlantic Ocean as far as the coast of West Africa, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean Sea. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
- Height 12 cm / 4 3⁄4"
- Width 25.5 cm / 10 "
- Depth 18 cm / 7 "
. This very large sea snail or tun snail is found in the North Atlantic Ocean as far as the coast of West Africa, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean Sea. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.){kind=link}