Species Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Buccinum allium Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [585].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Tranquebar, India.
• Dolium costatum Menke, K.T. 1830. Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur etc. Pyrmonti : Georgi Uslar 169 pp. [63].
• Dolium latesulcatum Hanley, S. 1860. Systematic list of the species of Dolium restricted. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 27: 487-493 [489].
• Tonna latesulcatum picta Hanley, S. 1860. Systematic list of the species of Dolium restricted. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 27: 487-493 [489] [as Dolium latesulcatum var. picta].
• Tonna hardyi Bozzetti, L. & Ferrario, M. 2005. Three new species and a new subspecies from the south-western Indian Ocean. Visaya 1(4): 51-58 [52, pl. 2].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [42] (see for complete synonymy)

 

Generic Combinations

• Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817). —
  Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [215]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal flats, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m

 

General References

Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [215]

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. [42-43, pls 7-8]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [252, pl. 39, fig. 2]

 

Common Name 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. [120] (Ribbed Tun)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	20-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED