Species Tonna tetracotula Hedley, 1919

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tonna tetracotula Hedley, C. 1919. A review of the Australian Tun Shells. Records of the Australian Museum 12(11): 329-336, pls 39-44 [332, pl. 42-43, figs 4-5].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.45014 dry, off Green Cape, New South Wales, Australia [37°15'0"S, 150°15'0"E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

64-421 m

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2000. Tonna tetracotula Hedley, 1919. The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Tonnidae/Pages/tonna_tetracotula.htm (date accessed 16/7/2012)

Hinton, A.G. 1978. Guide to Australian Shells. Port Moresby : Robert Brown & Associates 82 pp. [26, fig. 3]

Jansen, P. 2000. Seashells of South-East Australia. Lindfield : Capricornica Publications 117 pp. [38, fig. 147]

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. [56-57, pl. 17]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [253]

 

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] (Deep-water 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