African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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Tonna Brünnich, 1771

Gualtieri, 1742 plate 42, fig. A

AphiaID

138557 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138557)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Tonnidae Suter, 1913 (1825)

Parent

Tonnidae Suter, 1913 (1825)

Original name

Tonna Brünnich, 1771

Synonymised names

Dolium Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Dolium (Dolium) Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (Recombination as subgenus)

Tonna (Tonna) Brünnich, 1771 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Direct children (24)

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Species Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Tonna berthae Vos, 2005
Species Tonna canaliculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tonna cumingii (Reeve, 1849)
Species Tonna dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860)
Species Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tonna lischkeana (Küster, 1857)
Species Tonna luteostoma (Küster, 1857)
Species Tonna morrisoni Vos, 2005
Species Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853)
Species Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tonna rosemaryae Vos, 1999
Species Tonna sulcosa (Born, 1778)
Species Tonna tenebrosa (Hanley, 1860)
Species Tonna tessellata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Tonna zonata (Green, 1830)
Subgenus Tonna (Tonna) Brünnich, 1771 accepted as Tonna Brünnich, 1771 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Tonna (Tonna) costata (Menke, 1828) accepted as Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Tonna (Tonna) dolium (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Tonna dolium (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Tonna cepa (Röding, 1798) accepted as Tonna canaliculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombination of synonym)
Species Tonna costata (Menke, 1828) accepted as Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Tonna fimbriata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1827) accepted as Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817) (Recombination)
Species Tonna maculosa (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853) (Recombination of synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Brünnich, M.T. (1771–1772). Zoologiae fundamenta praelectionibus Academicis accomodata. Hafniae et Lipsiae. 253 [+ 1] pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29565699
page(s): 248 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tonna Brünnich, 1771. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138557 on 2026-04-07

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Tonna Brünnich, 1771. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138557 on 2026-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2011-04-03 06:48:38Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-04-08 20:37:59Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Brünnich, M.T. (1771–1772). Zoologiae fundamenta praelectionibus Academicis accomodata. Hafniae et Lipsiae. 253 [+ 1] pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29565699
page(s): 248 [details]

original description (of Dolium Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 79 [details]

additional source 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): 32 [details]

additional source Beu, A. G. (2005). Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica. 130: 1-186.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors

ecology source Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12-22; Pls. 1-9
page(s): 12 [details]

ecology source Vos, C. (2013). Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. Gloria Maris. 52(1-2): 22-53, pls. 1-9.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors