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Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 141687

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Tonnoidea (Superfamily) > Tonnidae (Family) > Tonna (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Tonna Brünnich, 1771
Synonymised
taxa
  Buccinum galea Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Buccinum olearium Linnaeus, 1758 (Synonym)
Cadium galea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombined in synonymous genus)
Cadus galea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombined in synonymous genus)
Dolium (Dolium) galea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombination)
Dolium (Dolium) galea antillarum (Mörch, 1877) (Recombination of synonym)
Dolium (Dolium) galea var. brasiliana (Mörch, 1877) (Recombination of synonym)
Dolium (Dolium) galea var. epidermata (de Gregorio, 1884) (Recombination of synonym)
Dolium (Dolium) galea var. spirintrorsum (de Gregorio, 1884) (Recombination of synonym)
Dolium (Dolium) galea var. tardina (de Gregorio, 1884) (Recombination of synonym)
Dolium antillarum Mörch, 1877 (Synonym)
Dolium antillarum var. brasiliana Mörch, 1877 (Synonym)
Dolium epidermata de Gregorio, 1884 (Synonym)
Dolium galea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombined in synonymous genus)
Dolium galea var. epidermata de Gregorio, 1884 (Synonym)
Dolium galea var. spirintrorsum de Gregorio, 1884 (Synonym)
Dolium galea var. tardina de Gregorio, 1884 (Synonym)
Dolium modjokasriense Martin, 1899 † (Synonym)
Dolium tardina de Gregorio, 1884 (Synonym)
Dolium tenue Menke, 1830 (Synonym)
Tonna (Tonna) galea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombination)
Tonna (Tonna) galea brasiliana (Mörch, 1877) (Recombination)
Tonna (Tonna) galea galea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombination)
Tonna galea abbotti Macsotay & Campos, 2001 (synonym)
Tonna galea brasiliana (Mörch, 1877) (Recombination of synonym)
Tonna olearium (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombined synonym)
Sources  basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney. [details]

additional source: 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. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp. (look up in IMIS[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 Transactions of the Albany Institute, New York, 1: pp. 131-133
page(s): 133 [details]


additional source: 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 [details]


additional source: Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
page(s): 119-122 [details]


original description (from synonym): Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 734 [details] [view taxon]


additional source (from synonym): Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1197 [details] [view taxon] [full text]


basis of record (from synonym): Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41571
page(s): 150 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): Link, H. F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Mollusca. Rostock: Adlers Erben. Part 2:82-100, Part 3:101-160, and Part 4:6-23.
page(s): 114 [details] [view taxon]


original description (from synonym): Menke C. T. (1830). Synopsis methodica molluscorum. Editio altera, auctior et emendatior. Pyrmont pp. XVI + 168:
page(s): 143 [details] [view taxon]


original description (from synonym): Mörch O.A.L. (1877). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. Malakozoologische Blätter, 24: 14-66, 93-123.
page(s): 41 [details] [view taxon]


original description (from synonym): Gregorio A. de (1884). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana 10: 36-288 pl. 1-5
page(s): 115 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): Turner, R. D. (1948). The family Tonnidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2 (26): 165-192
page(s): 176 [details] [view taxon]


original description (from synonym): Macsotay O. & Campos R. (2001). Moluscos representativos de la plataforma de Margarita, Venezuela. Published by the authors, Valencia, Venezuela, iii + 280 pp., 32 pl. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Bayer C. (1937) Catalogue of the Doliidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologiscshe Mededelingen, 20(5): 29-50., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149627
page(s): 39 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): Paetel, F. (1888) Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung. Erste Abtheilung: Die Cephalopoden, Pteropoden und Meeres-Gastropoden. Gebrüder Paetel, Berlin, [1] + 639 pp.
page(s): 221 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): Kilias, R. (1962) Das Tierreich, Lieferung 77, Gastropoda / Prosobranchia: 1-63, Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin.
page(s): 36 [details] [view taxon]


context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian kërmilli gaviç  [details]
English giant tun  [details]
English tun shell  [details]
French dólium geant  [details]
French tonne cannelée  [details]
Italian elmo  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κοχύλα  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μπουρού  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μπουχόνα  [details]
Spanish caracol tonel  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Tonna galea abbotti Macsotay & Campos, 2001 accepted as Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Tonna galea brasiliana (Mörch, 1877) accepted as Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Tonna galea tenebrosa (Hanley, 1860) accepted as Tonna tenebrosa (Hanley, 1860)
Environment marine
Distribution Angola [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belize [details]
Canaries [details]
Cape Esterias [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Chagos [details]
Colombia [details]
Costa Rica [details]
Cuba [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Hispaniola [details]
Jamaica [details]
Lesser Antilles [details]
Madeira [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Mexico [details]
Mozambique (probably not valid[details]
Port Gentil [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Puerto Rico [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Venezuela [details]
West Africa [details]
Zembra [details]
Specimen  Lectotype: MSNT UP No. 6 [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Specimen: Lectotype designated from Gualtieri-collection by Beu, 2005 [details]

SynonymyBuccinum costatum magnum Martini, 1777 treated as a synonym of Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758). It is unavailable as non-binominal. [details]

SynonymyDolium galea var. spiritrorsum "de Gregorio" Paetel, 1887 [sic]. Treated as a synonym of Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758). Error for Dolium galea var. spirintrorsum de Gregorio, 1884 [details]

Taxonomy: The species currently accepted as Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) was referred to under the name Dolium olearium (Linnaeus, 1758) by (a. o.) Crouch (1826:36); Green (1830:133) [details]

Taxonomy: Beu (2005:119) listed the name Dolium galea var. tenebrosa Hanley, 1860 in the synonymy of Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758), a vision not substantiated by Vos (2007:60) who separated the two species based on available recent material. [details]

Taxonomy: Beu (2005:119) listed the name Dolium crenulatum Philippi, 1845 in the synonymy of Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) following his - conditional (cf Beu, 2005:121) - assimilation of Tonna zonata (Green, 1830) with that species.  [details]

Taxonomy: Cernohorsky (1972:107) used the name Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) as reference to Tonna ampullacea (Philippi, 1845) [details]

Taxonomy: The species currently referred to Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) was referred to under that name by (a. o.): Winckworth & Tomlin (1933:210); Turner (1948:173); Dodge (1956:164-165); Abbott & Morris (1995:206); Vos (1999:44); Ardovini & Cossignani (2004:121) [details]

Taxonomy: The species currently referred to as Tonna zonata (Green, 1830) was referred to as Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) by (a. o.): Hinton (1974:19; 1977:26); Abbott & Dance (1982:118): Thach (2005:92) [details]

Taxonomy: Beu (2005:119) listed the name Dolium ampullaceum Philippi, 1846a in the synonymy of Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758), a vision not substantiated by Vos (2007:60) who separated the two species based on the drawing in Philippi (1849; 1851) and material from his own collection. [details]

Taxonomy: Beu (2005:119) lists the name Dolium zonatum (Green, 1830) in the synonymy of Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758), with the remark (2005:121) that he is - at that point - not sure whether two species or a single species is concerned. Vos (2007:57-67) separated the two species based on the available recent material. [details]

Additional information: C. Vos 03/04/2011: recombinations in synonimised genera:
Cadus galea (Linnaues, 1758) in Röding, 1798
Dolium galea (Linnaeus, 1758) in Lamarck, 1801
Cadium galea (Linnaeus, 1758) in Link, 1807 [details]
Images 
Gualtieri, 1742 plate 42, fig. A
Gualtieri, 1742 plate 42, fig. A
added on 2011-07-12 - author: Vos, Chris
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2011-07-12 15:48:58

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) with egg mass
Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) with egg mass
added on 2011-07-12 - author: Vos, Chris
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2011-07-12 16:00:08

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) with egg mass.
Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) with egg mass.
added on 2011-07-12 - author: Vos, Chris
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2011-07-12 16:00:26

Tonna galea
Tonna galea
added on 2012-02-12 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2012-08-29 16:24:15

Tonna galea: detail
Tonna galea: detail
added on 2012-02-12 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2012-10-31 09:57:08

Tonna galea (juvenile)
Tonna galea (juvenile)
added on 2012-02-12 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2012-10-31 09:57:15

Eggs of Tonna galea
Eggs of Tonna galea
added on 2012-02-12 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2012-08-31 18:25:10

Eggs of Tonna galea
Eggs of Tonna galea
added on 2012-02-12 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2012-08-31 18:36:00

Tonna galea
Tonna galea
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2012-09-28 10:40:24

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from Málaga province, Spain  (actual size 150 mm)
Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Málaga province, Spain (actual size 150 mm)
added on 2013-05-30 - author: Gofas, Serge
qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2013-05-30 14:00:48
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141687
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-04-05 09:14:33Z  changed  Vandepitte, Leen
2008-08-21 17:03:20Z  checked  Gofas, Serge
2011-04-03 12:36:06Z  changed  Vos, Chris
  
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  Citation: Vos, C.; Gofas, S. (2013). Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141687 on 2013-06-19
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