Tonna galea
Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Orthogastropoda
Superordo: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Sorbeoconcha
Subordo: Hypsogastropoda
Infraordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Tonnoidea
Familia: Tonnidae
Subfamilia: Tonninae
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 Report on ITIS
SeaLifeBase site: Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) giant tun
Vernacular names
Bosanski: Puž bačvaš
English: giant tun
Español: Tonel
Eʋegbe: Κοχύλα, Μπουρού, Μπουχόνα
Français: Tonne cannelée, Dolium géant
Italiano: elmo
