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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> zonata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) zonatum Green, 1830
=Dolium (Eudolium) zonatum Green, 1830
=Dolium crenulatum Philippi, 1845
=Dolium zonatum Green, 1830
=Tonna (Tonna) zonata (Green, 1830)
Images: Tonna zonata (Green, 1830)
Off Northland, NZ. 133mm. © rights reserved
Off Northland, NZ. 133mm. © rights reserved
East Coast Northland, NZ. 145mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> zonata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) zonatum Green, 1830
=Dolium (Eudolium) zonatum Green, 1830
=Dolium crenulatum Philippi, 1845
=Dolium zonatum Green, 1830
=Tonna (Tonna) zonata (Green, 1830)
Details: Tonna zonata (Green, 1830)
Size/Grows to:
Height 200mm, Width 155mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific. North-eastern North Island as far south as Motuhora Island, from 37-91m
Type Data:
  • Indian Ocean, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.66)
  • 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.150)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1967 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 6, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(3) (p.191)

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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