Tonna allium, common name the costate tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]

Costate tun
Two views of a shell of Tonna allium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species:
T. allium
Binomial name
Tonna allium
(Dillwyn, 1817)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Buccinum allium Dillwyn, 1817
  • Buccinum latescens Schröter in Martini, 1788
  • Cadus albus Röding, 1798
  • Dolium (Dolium) costatum Menke, 1828 superseded combination
  • Dolium (Dolium) costatum var. picta Hanley, 1860 superseded combination
  • Dolium (Dolium) dolium var. natalensis E. A. Smith, 1906
  • Dolium costatum Menke, 1828
  • Dolium costatum Deshayes, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Dolium costatum Menke, 1828)
  • Dolium costatum martini O. Boettger, 1883 superseded combination
  • Dolium costatum var. martini O. Boettger, 1883
  • Dolium fasciatum Bruguière, 1789
  • Dolium fasciatum var. Kiener, 1835 non Buccinum fasciatum Bruguière, 1789
  • Dolium fimbriatum var. natalensis E. A. Smith, 1906
  • Dolium hochstetteri K. Martin, 1879 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
  • Dolium lactescens Martini, 1777 (Unavailable under Dir. 1.)
  • Dolium latescens Schröter, 1788
  • Dolium latesulcatum Hanley, 1860
  • Dolium latesulcatum var. picta Hanley, 1860
  • Dolium natalensis Bartsch, 1915
  • Tonna (Tonna) costata (Menke, 1828) > superseded combination
  • Tonna (Tonna) dolium natalensis (E. A. Smith, 1906) superseded combination
  • Tonna (Tonna) hochstetteri (K. Martin, 1879)
  • Tonna costata
    Tonna hardyi Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005
  • Tonna fimbriata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1827) (Recombination)
  • Tonna hardyi Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 131 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius.

References

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  1. ^ Dillwyn, 1817. Des. Cat. Rec. Shells, 2: 583.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817). Vos, C. (2009). Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208010 on 9 July 2010 .
  • Martin, K. (1879-1880). Die Tertiärschichten auf Java, nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn. Leiden: Brill. [Paleontologischer Theil, 1–126 (1879); 127–164, i–vi (plate captions) (1880); Allgemeiner Theil, 1–51 (1880); Anhang, 1–6 (1880); Title page and Vorwort, i–ix,
  • Smith, E. A. 1906. On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Natal Government Museum 1:19-71, pls. 7-8
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Cernohorsky. W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
  • Bozzetti L. & Ferrario M. (2005) Three new species and a new subspecies from the South-Western Indian Ocean (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Turbinidae, Tonnidae, Buccinidae, Conidae). Visaya 1(4): 51–58. [April 2005]
  • Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
  • Vos, C. (2007). A conchological Iconography (No. 13) - The family Tonnidae. 123 pp., 30 numb. plus 41 (1 col.) un-numb. text-figs, 33 maps., 63 col. pls, Conchbooks, Germany
  • Vos, C. (2008) Tonnidae. in Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine Marine Mollusks, Volume 1: Gastropoda 1: 594–611, pls 242–250. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12–22; Pls. 1-9
  • Vos, C. (2013) Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. Gloria Maris 52(1-2); pp. 22–53; Pls. 1-9
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
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