''Eudolium bairdii'' is a
species
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of large
sea snail, a
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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in the
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Tonnidae
The Tonnidae are a family of medium-sized to very large sea snails, known as the tun shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The name ''tun'' refers to the snails' shell shape, which resembles wine casks know ...
, the tun shells.
Distribution
This marine species has a
circumtropical distribution in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
Description
The maximum recorded
shell
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length is 76 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 17 m and maximum recorded depth is 823 m.
References
Tonnidae
Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
Molluscs of the Indian Ocean
Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean
Gastropods described in 1881
Taxa named by Sidney Irving Smith
Taxa named by Addison Emery Verrill
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