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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> dolium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum dolium Linnaeus, 1758
=Cadium dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Cadus cassis Röding, 1798
=Cadus dolium Röding, 1798
=Dolium (Dolium) maculatum (Lamarck, 1822)
=Dolium cassis (Röding, 1798)
=Dolium costatum var. maculatum Lamarck, 1822
=Dolium maculatum Lamarck, 1822
=Dolium maculatum Schröter in Martini, 1788
=Tonna (Tonna) dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Tonna (Tonna) dolium dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Tonna (Tonna) maculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Images: Tonna dolium (Lamarck, 1822)
Washed up on Northland beaches. 88mm
Bream Bay, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 90mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> dolium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum dolium Linnaeus, 1758
=Cadium dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Cadus cassis Röding, 1798
=Cadus dolium Röding, 1798
=Dolium (Dolium) maculatum (Lamarck, 1822)
=Dolium cassis (Röding, 1798)
=Dolium costatum var. maculatum Lamarck, 1822
=Dolium maculatum Lamarck, 1822
=Dolium maculatum Schröter in Martini, 1788
=Tonna (Tonna) dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Tonna (Tonna) dolium dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Tonna (Tonna) maculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Details: Tonna dolium (Lamarck, 1822)
Size/Grows to:
Height 110mm, Width 95mm
Distribution:
Indo-Pacific, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japa, Philippines, Fiji and northern part of North Island
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Mead, K., Carson, K., Raven, J.L., Couper, J., Elliot, M., Elliot, C., Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2021 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 33 (p.21)
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.44)
  • Paul, W.J. Mar/1979 New Zealand Tonnidae, Cookia, 3(1) (p.20)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.162)
  • 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)

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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