Tonna allium

Costate tun
	Two views of a shell of Tonna allium
Scientific 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1817; Buccinum latescens Schröter in Martini, 1788; Cadus albus Röding, 1798; Dolium (Dolium) costatum Menke, 1828 superseded combination; Dolium (Dolium) costatum var. picta Hanley, 1860 superseded combination; Dolium (Dolium) dolium var.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Deshayes, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Dolium costatum Menke, 1828); † Dolium costatum martini O. Boettger, 1883 superseded combination; † Dolium costatum var.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 superseded combination; Tonna (Tonna) dolium natalensis (E. A. Smith, 1906) superseded combination; † Tonna (Tonna) hochstetteri (K. Martin, 1879); Tonna costata ; Tonna hardyi Bozzetti & Ferrario, 2005; Tonna fimbriata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1827)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;

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]

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

Dillwyn, 1817. Des. Cat. Rec. Shells, 2: 583.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
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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[1] Dillwyn, 1817. Des. Cat. Rec. Shells, 2: 583.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.

[WoRMS-2] 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 .