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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Eudolium (Genus)
> crosseanum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cassidaria javana K. Martin, 1879
=Doliopsis crosseana (Monterosato, 1869)
=Dolium (Eudolium) crosseanum Monterosato, 1869
=Dolium (Eudolium) pyriforme G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
=Dolium crosseanum Monterosato, 1869
=Dolium pyriforme G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
=Eudolium javanum (K. Martin, 1879)
=Eudolium pyriforme (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
=Eudolium thompsoni McGinty, 1955
=Galeodea javana (K. Martin, 1879)
=Tonna (Eudolium) crosseana (Monterosato, 1869)
=Tonna (Eudolium) pyriformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
=Tonna (Eudolium) thompsoni (McGinty, 1955)
=Tonna pyriformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
Images: Eudolium crosseanum (Monerosato, 1869)
From deep water off the North Island. © rights reserved
From crayfish pots off Northland. © rights reserved
From crayfish pots off Northland. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Eudolium (Genus)
> crosseanum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cassidaria javana K. Martin, 1879
=Doliopsis crosseana (Monterosato, 1869)
=Dolium (Eudolium) crosseanum Monterosato, 1869
=Dolium (Eudolium) pyriforme G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
=Dolium crosseanum Monterosato, 1869
=Dolium pyriforme G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
=Eudolium javanum (K. Martin, 1879)
=Eudolium pyriforme (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
=Eudolium thompsoni McGinty, 1955
=Galeodea javana (K. Martin, 1879)
=Tonna (Eudolium) crosseana (Monterosato, 1869)
=Tonna (Eudolium) pyriformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
=Tonna (Eudolium) thompsoni (McGinty, 1955)
=Tonna pyriformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
Details: Eudolium crosseanum (Monerosato, 1869)
Size/Grows to:
Height 60mm, Width 45mm
Distribution:
Western Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indo-West Pacific. North-eastern North Island, from 400-407m
Type Data:
  • 140 metres, off Sombrero Key Light, Florida Keys, USA, (type of Eudolium thompsoni McGinty, 1955)
  • Off Palermo, Italy, (holotype of Dolium crosseanum Monterosato, 1869)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.23)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1992 A revision of the Recent species of Eudolium Dall, 1889 (Gastropoda: Tonnoidea), The Nautilus, 106(1) (p.32)
  • Paul, W.J. Mar/1979 New Zealand Tonnidae, Cookia, 3(1) (p.21)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.163)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. Apr/1976 Notes on the genus Eudolium Dall, 1889, Poirieria, 1 (p.1)
  • 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.151)

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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