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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:
Indo-West Pacific. Raoul Island and north-eastern North Island as far south as Motuhora Island, from 0-27m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.45)

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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