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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
From crayfish pots off Northland
From crayfish pots off Northland
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:
Indo-West Pacific, from South Africa to Japan, Hawaii and northern New Zealand. Off Northland, Bay of Plenty, 137-580m (deepest alive 390m)
Geographical Range:
A
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)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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