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Tonna (genus)
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Tonna is a genus
of large sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family Tonnidae
, the tun or cask shells.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of large sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod molluscs in the family Tonnidae
Tonnidae
Tonnidae is a family of medium-sized to very large sea snails, known as the tun shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha and the clade Littorinimorpha.- Taxonomy :...
, the tun or cask shells.
Species
Species within the genus Tonna include:- Tonna alanbeuiTonna alanbeuiTonna alanbeui is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
Vos, 2005 - Tonna alliumTonna alliumTonna allium, common name : the costate tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 131 mm.-Distribution:...
(DillwynLewis Weston DillwynLewis Weston Dillwyn, FRS was a British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Member of Parliament.He was born in Walthamstow, Essex, the eldest son of William Dillwyn and Sarah Dillwyn...
, 1817) - Tonna ampullaceaTonna ampullaceaTonna ampullacea is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1845) - Tonna berthaeTonna berthaeTonna berthae is a large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.-References:...
Vos, 2005 - Tonna bouchetiTonna bouchetiTonna boucheti is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 81 mm.-References:...
Vos, 2005 - Tonna canaliculataTonna canaliculataTonna canaliculata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Tonna chinensisTonna chinensisTonna chinensis , common name : the China tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 140 mm.-References:...
Dillwyn, 1817 - Tonna cumingiiTonna cumingiiTonna cumingi is a very large species of sea snail, a tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.-Distribution:...
(Hanley in Reeve, 1849) - Tonna deshayesiiTonna deshayesiiTonna deshayesii is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1849) - Tonna doliumTonna doliumTonna dolium is a large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.- Further reading :* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Tonna dunkeriTonna dunkeriTonna dunkeri is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(Hanley, 1860) - Tonna galeaTonna galeaTonna galea is a very large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.- Description :The maximum recorded shell length is 190 mm....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Tonna hawaiiensisTonna hawaiiensisTonna hawaiiensis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
Vos, 2007 - Tonna lischkeanaTonna lischkeanaTonna lischkeana is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(Küster, 1857) - Tonna luteostomaTonna luteostomaTonna luteostoma is a large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun snails or tun shells.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Küster, 1857) - Tonna maculosaTonna maculosaTonna maculosa is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(Dillwyn, 1817) - Tonna melanostomaTonna melanostomaTonna melanostoma is a large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(Jay, 1839) - Tonna morrisoniTonna morrisoniTonna morrisoni is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
Vos, 2005 - Tonna oentoengiTonna oentoengiTonna oentoengi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
Vos, 2005 - Tonna pennataTonna pennataTonna pennata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(MörchOtto Andreas Lowson MörchOtto Andreas Lowson Mörch was a biologist, specifically a malacologist. He lived in Sweden, in Denmark, and in France.- Taxa described :Bibliography and taxa described by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch include:...
, 1853) - Tonna perdixTonna perdixTonna perdix, common name : the partridge tun, is a very large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells. -Description:The pattern and brownish colour of ther shell remind of a partridge...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Tonna poppeiTonna poppeiTonna poppei is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
Vos, 2005 - Tonna rosemaryaeTonna rosemaryaeTonna rosemaryae is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
Vos, 1999 - Tonna sulcosaTonna sulcosaTonna sulcosa is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(Born, 1778) - Tonna tankervilliiTonna tankervilliiTonna tankervillii is a very large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.-Distribution:...
(Hanley, 1860) - Tonna tenebrosaTonna tenebrosaTonna tenebrosa is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(Hanley, 1860) - Tonna tesselata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Tonna tetracotulaTonna tetracotulaTonna tetracotula is a species of very large sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.- Further reading :* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
Hedley, 1919 - Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Tonna zonataTonna zonataTonna zonata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells....
(Green, 1830)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Tonna cerevisina Hedley, 1919 : synonym of Tonna tankervillii (Hanley, 1860)
- Tonna chinensis Hinton, 1972 : synonym of Tonna alanbeui Vos, 2005
- Tonna chinensis Zhang & Ma, 2004 : synonym of Tonna boucheti Vos, 2005
- Tonna cimingii Hinton, 1974 : synonym of Tonna poppei Vos, 2005
- Tonna costata : synonym of Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Tonna hardyi Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005 : synonym of Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Tonna maoria Powell, 1938 : synonym of Tonna cumingii (Hanley in Reeve, 1849)
- Tonna oentoengi Dharma, 2005 : synonym of Tonna oentoengi Vos, 2005
- Tonna perdix Steyn & Steyn, 2002 : synonym of Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860)
- Tonna variegata Kilburn, 1971 : synonym of Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860)
- Tonna variegata Suter, 1913 : synonym of Tonna tankervillii (Hanley, 1860)
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1