Family TONNIDAE Suter, 1913 (1825)

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• Tonnidae Suter, H. 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington : Government Printer xxii, 1210 pp. [313] [Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. Suter (1913) placed Dolium Lamarck, 1801 in synonymy of Tonna Brünnich, 1772 and replaced Doliidae Latreille, 1825 with the new name Tonnidae, which is in prevailing usage (Bouchet et al. 2017)].

  Type genus:

   Tonna Brünnich, 1772.

  Secondary source:

   Wenz, W. 1941. Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Band 6, Gastropoda. Berlin : Gebrüder Borntraeger Teil 5 pp. 961-1200.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.P., Hausdorf, B., Kaim, A., Kano, Y., Nützel, A., Parkhaev, P., Schrödl, M. & Strong, E.E. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61(1-2): 1–526 [244]

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [119-120]

Beu, A.G. 1998. Superfamily Tonnoidea. pp. 792-803 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [802-803]

Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120 [104]

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [253]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [60-61]

Hedley, C. 1919. A review of the Australian Tun Shells. Records of the Australian Museum 12(11): 329-336, pls 39-44

Kilias, R. 1962. Gastropoda/Prosobranchia. Tonnidae. Das Tierreich 77: 1-63

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [74]

Vos, C. & Terryn, Y. in Poppe, G.T. & Groh, K. (eds) 2007. A Conchological Iconography. The family Tonnidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-121, 63 pls.

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [251]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [72]

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