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great grinning tun

Malea ringens

Classification

Family
Tonnidae

Malea ringens, common name the grinning tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells. Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Peru and off Galapagos Islands. Description The size of the shell of Malea ringens varies between 60 mm and 270 mm, with an average diameter of about 100 mm.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 1