Tonna galea

Five views of a shell of Tonna galea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tonnoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Littorinimorpha Superfamilia: Tonnoidea

Familia: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species: Tonna galea

Name

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Buccinum galea Linnaeus, 1758
• Buccinum olearium Linnaeus, 1758
• Cadium galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cadus galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dolium (Dolium) galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dolium (Dolium) galea antillarum (Mörch, 1877)
• Dolium (Dolium) galea var. brasiliana (Mörch, 1877)
• Dolium (Dolium) galea var. epidermata (de Gregorio, 1884)
• Dolium (Dolium) galea var. spirintrorsum (de Gregorio, 1884)
• Dolium (Dolium) galea var. tardina (de Gregorio, 1884)
• Dolium antillarum Mörch, 1877
• Dolium antillarum var. brasiliana Mörch, 1877
• Dolium epidermata (de Gregorio, 1884)
• Dolium galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dolium galea var. epidermata de Gregorio, 1884
• Dolium galea var. spirintrorsum de Gregorio, 1884
• Dolium galea var. tardina de Gregorio, 1884
• Dolium modjokasriense Martin, 1899
• Dolium tardina (de Gregorio, 1884)
• Dolium tenue Menke, 1830
• Tonna (Tonna) galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tonna (Tonna) galea brasiliana (Mörch, 1877)
• Tonna (Tonna) galea galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tonna galea abbotti Macsotay & Campos, 2001
• Tonna galea brasiliana (Mörch, 1877)
• Tonna olearium (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• Abbott, R.T. 1954: American Seashells. D. Van Nostrand Company Inc. New York. xiv + 541 p.
• Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) 1984: Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. 2001: Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 180-213.
• Alyakrinskaya, I.O 2002: Morphofunctional Properties of Nutrition of Certain Predatory Gastropods. Biology Bulletin. ISSN 1062-3590. 29 (6).
• Linnaeus, C. 1758: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata, 824 p. (2 vol.). Laurentius Salvius. Holmiae. page(s): 734.
• MacDonald & Co. 1979: The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.
• Macsotay, O. & Campos, R 2001: Moluscos representativos de la plataforma de Margarita. Editora Rivolta. Valencia. 280p. ISBN 980-328-808-3
• Rolán E. 2005: Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
• 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.
• Warmke, G.L. & Abbott, R.T. 1961: Caribbean Seashells. Livingston Publishing Company. Narbeth. Pennsylvania.
• Welch, J.J. 2010: "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776

External links

• Tonna galea in the World Register of Marine Species
• Tonna galea – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• SeaLifeBase site: Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) giant tun

Vernacular names

bosanski: Puž bačvaš
Ελληνικά: Κοχύλα, Μπουρού, Μπουχόνα
English: Giant tun
español: Tonel
français: Tonne cannelée, Dolium géant
italiano: Elmo
中文: 栗色鶉螺

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