Tonna (gastropod)

Tonna
Anterior view of a live Tonna galea held in a human hand
Five views of a shell of Tonna galea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Brunnich, 1772
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Cadium Link, 1807
  • Cadus Röding, 1798
  • Dolium Lamarck, 1801
  • Parvitonna Iredale, 1931
  • Perdix Montfort, 1810

Tonna is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tonnidae, the tun or cask shells. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Tonna include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2010). Tonna Brunnich, 1771. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138557 on 2011-02-23

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