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Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)

141687  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141687)

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  1. Subspecies Tonna galea tenebrosa (Hanley, 1860) accepted as Tonna tenebrosa (Hanley, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
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(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 734 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141687 on 2026-05-23
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 galea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141687 on 2026-05-23
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2006-04-05 09:14:33Z
changed
2008-08-21 17:03:20Z
checked
2011-04-03 12:36:06Z
changed
2016-12-31 19:12:08Z
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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 734 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Turner, R. D. (1948). The family Tonnidae in the Western Atlantic. <i>Johnsonia</i>, 2(26): 165-192, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41155862 [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): 62 [details] 

additional source Green, J. (1830). The Dolia of the United States. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute, New York.</em> 1: 131-133., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45146203
page(s): 133 [details] 

additional source Vos, C. (1999). A new <i>Tonna</i> Brünnich, 1772 (Gastropoda: Tonnidae) from Gulf of Aden. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 38 (2-3): 43-47, pl. 8-9.
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cernohorsky, W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
page(s): 107; note: Misapplication [details] 

additional source Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama paleontology projects and uplift of the Central American isthmus. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 377-378: 1-550, pls. 1-79.
page(s): 264 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Beu, A. G. (2005). Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 130: 1-186.
page(s): 119-122 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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