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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> cumingii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium cumingii Reeve, 1849
=Tonna maoria Powell, 1938
Images: Tonna cumingii (Reeve, 1849)
Washed up on Bream Bay, Northland, NZ. 39mm. © rights reserved
Found in beach drift, Far North, NZ. 44mm. © rights reserved
Under a rock in a shallow pool at low tide. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 29mm. © rights reserved
Under a rock in a shallow pool at low tide. Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 29mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> cumingii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium cumingii Reeve, 1849
=Tonna maoria Powell, 1938
Details: Tonna cumingii (Reeve, 1849)
Size/Grows to:
Height 90mm, Width 65mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific. North-eastern North Island, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Philippine Islands, (holotype)
  • Houhora Heads, NZ, (holotype of Tonna maoria Powell, 1938)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, The species currently classified as Tonna cumingii in New Zealand could possibly be a new/different species or even more than one species. Until further research has been published, the current name of Tonna cumingii is used here
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References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.79)
  • Paul, W.J. Mar/1979 New Zealand Tonnidae, Cookia, 3(1) (p.19)
  • 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.215)

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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