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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> melanostoma (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) haemastomum (Jay, 1839)
=Dolium (Dolium) melanostomum (Jay, 1839)
=Dolium haemastomum Jay in Philippi, 1845
=Dolium melanostomum Jay, 1839
=Tonna (Tonna) melanostoma (Jay, 1839)
Images: Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839)
From Craypot, off Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
From Craypot, off Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> melanostoma (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) haemastomum (Jay, 1839)
=Dolium (Dolium) melanostomum (Jay, 1839)
=Dolium haemastomum Jay in Philippi, 1845
=Dolium melanostomum Jay, 1839
=Tonna (Tonna) melanostoma (Jay, 1839)
Details: Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839)
Size/Grows to:
Height 180mm, Width 145mm
Distribution:
West Pacific. Kermadec Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Bream Bay, from 10-20m
Type Data:
  • Tonga, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Description:
Distinguished by dark-brown spreading parietal callus

Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.97)
  • 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.150)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1967 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 6, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(3) (p.190)

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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