Hong Kong Register of Marine Species

HKRMS taxon details

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

Direct children (11)

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Species Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Tonna boucheti Vos, 2005
Species Tonna canaliculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Tonna dolium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tonna lischkeana (Küster, 1857)
Species Tonna luteostoma (Küster, 1857)
Species Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tonna sulcosa (Born, 1778)
Species Tonna tessellata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Tonna zonata (Green, 1830)

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: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2021) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138557 on 2026-03-02

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Tonna Brünnich, 1771. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138557 on 2026-03-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2011-04-03 06:48:38Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2020-04-08 20:37:59Z

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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]

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