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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. © rights reserved
From fishing boat, off Northland, NZ. 97mm. © rights reserved
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:
Indo-West Pacific. North-eastern North Island, from 0m
Type Data:
  • Indian Ocean, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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)

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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