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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> tetracotula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) tetracotula (Hedley, 1919)
=Tonna (Tonna) tetracotula Hedley, 1919
Images: Tonna tetracotula Hedley, 1919
Off Northland, NZ. 145mm. © rights reserved
Off Northland, NZ. 145mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> tetracotula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) tetracotula (Hedley, 1919)
=Tonna (Tonna) tetracotula Hedley, 1919
Details: Tonna tetracotula Hedley, 1919
Size/Grows to:
Height 200mm, Width 150mm
Distribution:
Eastern Australia and northern New Zealand. North-eastern North Island as far south as Motuhora Island, from 55-73m
Type Data:
  • 75-110 metres, Green Cape, New South Wales, Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.56)
  • Paul, W.J. Mar/1979 New Zealand Tonnidae, Cookia, 3(1) (p.19)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.162)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1926 On a large Tonna and two other Gastropods of Australian origins, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.559)
  • Hedley, C. 1919 A review of the Australian Tun shells, Records of the Australian Museum, 12(11) (p.332) Original Description

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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