Tonna dunkeri

Tonna dunkeri is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]

Tonna dunkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Tonnidae
Genus:
Tonna
Species:
T. dunkeri
Binomial name
Tonna dunkeri
(Hanley, 1860)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Dolium (Dolium) dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) (Unnecessary interpolation)
  • Dolium dunkeri Hanley, 1860
  • Tonna perdix Steyn & Steyn, 2002
  • Tonna variegata Kilburn, 1971
  • Tonna variegata f. dunkeri Hanley, 1860

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Hanley. 1859, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860). Vos, C. (2009). Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410246 on 9 July 2010 .
  • Bayer, Ch. (1937) Catalogue of the Doliidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Overgedrukt uit Zoologiscshe Mededelingen XX, Leiden, E. J. Brill, page(s): 38
  • Kilias, R. (1962) Das Tierreich, Lieferung 77, Gastropoda / Prosobranchia: 1-63, Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin. page(s): 35
  • Kilburn R.N. (1971). On some species of the families Tonnidae, Hipponicidae, Buccinidae, Columbariidae, Fasciolariidae, Psammobiidae and Mactridae (Mollusca) in South African waters. Annals of the Natal Museum 20(3):483-497
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 70
  • Vos, C. (1999) A new Tonna Brünnich, 1772 (Gastropoda: Tonnidae) from Gulf of Aden. Gloria Maris, Vol. 38, (1-6), p. 43-47, pl. 8-9 page(s): 44
  • 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 page(s): 93
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