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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> tankervillii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) amphora (Philippi, 1849)
=Dolium (Dolium) cerevisina (Hedley, 1919)
=Dolium (Dolium) cerevisina var. haurakiensis (Hedley, 1919)
=Dolium (Dolium) variegatum var. tankervillii Hanley, 1860
=Dolium amphora Philippi, 1849
=Dolium variegatum var. tankervillii Hanley, 1860
=Tonna (Tonna) cerevisina Hedley, 1919
=Tonna (Tonna) cerevisina cerevisina Hedley, 1919
=Tonna (Tonna) cerevisina haurakiensis Hedley, 1919
=Tonna (Tonna) maoria Powell, 1938
=Tonna cerevisina Hedley, 1919
=Tonna cerevisina haurakiensis Hedley, 1919
=Tonna cerevisina var. haurakiensis Hedley, 1919
=Tonna haurakiensis (Hedley, 1919)
Images: Tonna tankervillii (Hanley, 1860)
Bream Bay, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 126mm
Washed up on Bream Bay, south of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 160mm
Bream Bay, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 160mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> tankervillii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) amphora (Philippi, 1849)
=Dolium (Dolium) cerevisina (Hedley, 1919)
=Dolium (Dolium) cerevisina var. haurakiensis (Hedley, 1919)
=Dolium (Dolium) variegatum var. tankervillii Hanley, 1860
=Dolium amphora Philippi, 1849
=Dolium variegatum var. tankervillii Hanley, 1860
=Tonna (Tonna) cerevisina Hedley, 1919
=Tonna (Tonna) cerevisina cerevisina Hedley, 1919
=Tonna (Tonna) cerevisina haurakiensis Hedley, 1919
=Tonna (Tonna) maoria Powell, 1938
=Tonna cerevisina Hedley, 1919
=Tonna cerevisina haurakiensis Hedley, 1919
=Tonna cerevisina var. haurakiensis Hedley, 1919
=Tonna haurakiensis (Hedley, 1919)
Details: Tonna tankervillii (Hanley, 1860)
Size/Grows to:
Height 250mm, Width 210mm
Distribution:
Eastern Australia and northern New Zealand. North Island as far south as Whanganui
Notes:
Common Cask or Tun Shell, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Washups on sandy beaches and alive below low tide. Characterised by a deep canaliculate suture
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.102)
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.35)
  • Morley, M.S. Jul/2005 Presumes Tonna cerevisina spawn, Poirieria, 31 (p.26)
  • Paul, W.J. Mar/1979 New Zealand Tonnidae, Cookia, 3(1) (p.18)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.161)
  • Grange, K.R. Mar/1974 The feeding of Tonna cerevisina, Poirieria, 7(3) (p.57)

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