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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> lischkeana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) lischkeanum (Küster, 1857)
=Dolium (Dolium) marginatum (Philippi, 1845)
=Dolium (Dolium) reevii Hanley, 1860
=Dolium lischkeanum Küster, 1857
=Dolium marginatum Philippi, 1845
=Dolium reevii Hanley, 1860
=Tonna (Tonna) lischkeana (Küster, 1857)
=Tonna (Tonna) marginata (Philippi, 1845)
=Tonna marginata (Philippi, 1845)
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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> lischkeana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) lischkeanum (Küster, 1857)
=Dolium (Dolium) marginatum (Philippi, 1845)
=Dolium (Dolium) reevii Hanley, 1860
=Dolium lischkeanum Küster, 1857
=Dolium marginatum Philippi, 1845
=Dolium reevii Hanley, 1860
=Tonna (Tonna) lischkeana (Küster, 1857)
=Tonna (Tonna) marginata (Philippi, 1845)
=Tonna marginata (Philippi, 1845)
Details: Tonna lischkeana (Küster, 1857)
Size/Grows to:
Height 215mm
Distribution:
E Africa to Hawaii. Northern New Zealand
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.45)

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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