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Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> tetracotula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) tetracotula (Hedley, 1919)
=Tonna (Tonna) tetracotula Hedley, 1919
Images: Tonna tetracotula Hedley, 1919
Off Northland, NZ. 145mm
Off Northland, NZ. 145mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TONNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Tonnidae (Family)
> Tonna (Genus)
> tetracotula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolium Lamarck, 1801
=Perdix Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Dolium (Dolium) tetracotula (Hedley, 1919)
=Tonna (Tonna) tetracotula Hedley, 1919
Details: Tonna tetracotula Hedley, 1919
Size/Grows to:
Height 200mm, Width 150mm
Distribution:
Outer Hauraki Gulf to Bay of Plenty. Also Australia, Queensland to Victoria
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vos, C. 2007 A Conchological Iconography 13, The family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.56)
  • 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.162)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1926 On a large Tonna and two other Gastropods of Australian origins, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.559)
  • Hedley, C. 1919 A review of the Australian Tun shells, Records of the Australian Museum, 12(11) (p.332) Original Description

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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