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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> cumingii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium cumingii Reeve, 1849
=Tonna maoria Powell, 1938
Images: Tonna cumingii (Reeve, 1849)
Washed up on Bream Bay, Northland, NZ. 39mm
Found in beach drift, Far North, NZ. 44mm
Under a rock in a shallow pool at low tide. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 29mm
Under a rock in a shallow pool at low tide. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 29mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> cumingii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium cumingii Reeve, 1849
=Tonna maoria Powell, 1938
Details: Tonna cumingii (Reeve, 1849)
Size/Grows to:
Height 90mm, Width 65mm
Distribution:
East Coast Northland
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, The species currently classified as Tonna cumingii in New Zealand could possibly be a new/different species or even more than one species. Until further research has been published, the current name of Tonna cumingii is used here
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.79)
  • 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.161)
  • 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.149)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1971 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.215)

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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