Tonnidae

Taxobox
name = Tonnidae


image_caption = "Tonna tankervillii" (Hanley, 1860)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Littorinimorpha
superfamilia = Tonnoidea
familia = Tonnidae
familia_authority = Suter, 1913
subdivision_ranks = Subfamily, genera and species
subdivision = Subfamily Cassinae
Genera and species, see text.

"Tonnidae" is a family of medium-sized to very large sea snails, known as the tun shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the order Sorbeoconcha and the infraorder Littorinimorpha.

Taxonomy

The following subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi of 2005
*Cassinae Latreille, 1825
*Oocorythinae P. Fischer, 1885
*Phaliinae Beu, 1981
*Tonninae Suter, 1913

Genera and species within the family Tonnidae

* Genus "Eudolium" Dall, 1889
** "Eudolium bairdii" (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1881)
** "Eudolium crosseanum" (Monterosato, 1869)
** "Eudolium pyriforme" (Sowerby, 1914)
* Genus "Malea" Vallenciennes, 1832
** "Malea pomum" (Linnaeus, 1758)
** "Malea ringens" (Swainson, 1822)
* Genus "Tonna" Brunnich, 1771
** "Tonna alanbeui" Vos, 2005
** "Tonna allium" (Dillwyn, 1817)
** "Tonna ampullacea" (Philippi, 1845)
** "Tonna berthae" Vos, 2005
** "Tonna boucheti" Vos, 2005
** "Tonna canaliculata"(Linnaeus, 1758)
** "Tonna cumingii" (Hanley in Reeve, 1849)
** "Tonna deshayesii" (Reeve, 1849)
** "Tonna dolium" (Linnaeus, 1758)
** "Tonna dunkeri" (Hanley, 1860)
** "Tonna galea" (Linnaeus, 1758)
** "Tonna hawaiiensis" Vos, 2007
** "Tonna lischkeana" (Küster, 1857)
** "Tonna luteostoma" (Küster, 1857)
** "Tonna melanostoma" (Jay, 1839)
** "Tonna morrisoni" Vos, 2005
** "Tonna oentoengi" Vos, 2005
** "Tonna pennata" (Mørch, 1853)
** "Tonna perdix" (Linnaeus, 1758)
** "Tonna rosemaryae" Vos, 1999
** "Tonna sulcosa" (Born, 1778)
** "Tonna tankervillii" (Hanley, 1860)
** "Tonna tenebrosa" (Hanley, 1860)
** "Tonna tesselata" (Lamarck, 1816)
** "Tonna tetracotula" Hedley, 1919
** "Tonna variegata" (Lamarck, 1822)
** "Tonna zonata" (Green, 1830)

References

* [http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist/checklist_frameset.htm Checklist of Mollusca]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=62536 Paleodb]
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* Vos, 2007 A Conchological Iconography - family Tonnidae. Text by C. Vos (Belgium), Photographs by Y. Terryn and C. Vos. Printed by Conchbooks, Germany