Species Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Buccinum chinense 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, China Sea (and Java).
• Dolium variegatum Philippi, R.A. 1847. Abbildungen und Beschriebungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 3 pp. 1-50. [36, pl. 1, figs 2a-b] [junior homonym; not Lamarck, 1822].
• Dolium australe Mörch, O.A.L. 1853. Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra et Gadea, Comes de Yoldi, regis Daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis Danebrogici in prima classe et ordinis tertii eques. Fasciculus Secundus. Acephala, Annulata Cirripeda, Echinodermata. Hafniae : Ludovici Kleini Vol. 2 74 pp. + 2 unnumbered pages. [Date published April] [111].

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. [77]

Generic Combinations

• Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817). —
  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. [77-78, pls 33-34; pl. 62, fig. 1]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific; Present in Australia based on Vos, 2007. However, exact distribution in Australia is unknown

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Sand pockets of intertidal reefs.

General References

Kilias, R. 1962. Gastropoda/Prosobranchia. Tonnidae. Das Tierreich 77: 1-63 [27-28, fig. 21]

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. [77-78, pls 33-34; pl. 62, fig. 1]

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