MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Tonna Brünnich, 1771

ERMS 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

Buccinum galea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Tonnidae Suter, 1913 (1825)

Parent

Tonnidae Suter, 1913 (1825)

Original name

Tonna Brünnich, 1771

Synonymised names

Dolium Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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Species Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853)
Species Tonna tenebrosa (Hanley, 1860)
Subgenus Tonna (Eudolium) Dall, 1889 accepted as Eudolium Dall, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Tonna (Eudolium) verrillii (Dall, 1889) accepted as Oocorys verrillii (Dall, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Tonna maculosa (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853) (Recombination of synonym)

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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonna Brünnich, 1771. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138557 on 2026-04-05

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Tonna Brünnich, 1771. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138557 on 2026-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

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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]

original description (of Dolium Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 79 [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