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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> luteostoma (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) favannii (Hanley, 1860)
=Dolium (Dolium) luteostomum (Küster, 1857)
=Dolium (Dolium) luteostomum var. porcellarum (Euthyme, 1885)
=Dolium favannii Hanley, 1860
=Dolium japonicum Dunker, 1867
=Dolium luteostomum Küster, 1857
=Dolium porcellarum Euthyme, 1885
=Tonna (Tonna) favannii (Hanley, 1860)
=Tonna (Tonna) luteostoma (Küster, 1857)
=Tonna (Tonna) luteostoma luteostoma (Küster, 1857)
=Tonna (Tonna) luteostoma porcellara (Euthyme, 1885)
=Tonna favannii (Hanley, 1860)
Images: Tonna luteostoma (Küster, 1857)
From fishing boat, off Northland, NZ. 97mm
From fishing boat, off Northland, NZ. 97mm
Collected Great Exhibition Bay, Far North, NZ. rights reserved
Collected Great Exhibition Bay, Far North, NZ. rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> luteostoma (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) favannii (Hanley, 1860)
=Dolium (Dolium) luteostomum (Küster, 1857)
=Dolium (Dolium) luteostomum var. porcellarum (Euthyme, 1885)
=Dolium favannii Hanley, 1860
=Dolium japonicum Dunker, 1867
=Dolium luteostomum Küster, 1857
=Dolium porcellarum Euthyme, 1885
=Tonna (Tonna) favannii (Hanley, 1860)
=Tonna (Tonna) luteostoma (Küster, 1857)
=Tonna (Tonna) luteostoma luteostoma (Küster, 1857)
=Tonna (Tonna) luteostoma porcellara (Euthyme, 1885)
=Tonna favannii (Hanley, 1860)
Details: Tonna luteostoma (Küster, 1857)
Size/Grows to:
Height 100mm, Width 85mm
Distribution:
N.Z. Far North. Common in Japan
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.96)
  • 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.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.216)

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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