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Eudolium pyriforme

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False tun shell
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E. pyriforme
Binomial name
Eudolium pyriforme

Eudolium pyriforme, common name the false tun shell, is a species of large, rare, deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun snails.

This species has a wide distribution, including Australia, Hawaii, Japan, New Zealand,[1] and South Africa.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. ^ Sea Shells of New South Wales