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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> dolium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum dolium Linnaeus, 1758
=Cadium dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Cadus cassis Röding, 1798
=Cadus dolium Röding, 1798
=Dolium (Dolium) maculatum (Lamarck, 1822)
=Dolium cassis (Röding, 1798)
=Dolium costatum var. maculatum Lamarck, 1822
=Dolium maculatum Lamarck, 1822
=Dolium maculatum Schröter in Martini, 1788
=Tonna (Tonna) dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Tonna (Tonna) dolium dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Tonna (Tonna) maculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Images: Tonna dolium (Lamarck, 1822)
Washed up on Northland beaches. 88mm. © rights reserved
Bream Bay, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 90mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> dolium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum dolium Linnaeus, 1758
=Cadium dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Cadus cassis Röding, 1798
=Cadus dolium Röding, 1798
=Dolium (Dolium) maculatum (Lamarck, 1822)
=Dolium cassis (Röding, 1798)
=Dolium costatum var. maculatum Lamarck, 1822
=Dolium maculatum Lamarck, 1822
=Dolium maculatum Schröter in Martini, 1788
=Tonna (Tonna) dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Tonna (Tonna) dolium dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Tonna (Tonna) maculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Details: Tonna dolium (Lamarck, 1822)
Size/Grows to:
Height 110mm, Width 95mm
Distribution:
Indo-Pacific, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japa, Philippines, Fiji and northern part of North Island
Notes:
Marine
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References and Publications
  • Mead, K., Carson, K., Raven, J.L., Couper, J., Elliot, M., Elliot, C., Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2021 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 33 (p.21)
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.44)
  • Paul, W.J. Mar/1979 New Zealand Tonnidae, Cookia, 3(1) (p.20)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.162)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1976 On the considerable influx of warm water molluscs that have invaded northern New Zealand waters within recent years, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 13 (p.149)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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