Tonna cumingii

Tonna cumingi, common name Cuming's tun, is a species of very large sea snail, a tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tuns.[1]

Tonna cumingii
Tonna cumingii shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Tonnidae
Genus:
Tonna
Species:
T. cumingii
Binomial name
Tonna cumingii
(Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dolium (Dolium) cumingii (Hanley in Reeve, 1849) (Recombination)
  • Dolium (Dolium) cumingii var. perselecta (Iredale, 1931) (Recombination of synonym)
  • Dolium (Dolium) testardi Montrouzier, 1863 (Recombination of synonym)
  • Dolium cumingii Hanley in Reeve, 1849 (original combination)
  • Dolium olearium var. cumingii Hanley in Reeve, 1849
  • Dolium olearium var. testardi Montrouzier, 1863
  • Dolium testardi Montrouzier, 1863
  • Eudolium testardi (Montrouzier, 1863) (Erroneous recombination)
  • Parvitonna perselecta Iredale, 1931
  • Tonna (Eudolium) perselecta (Iredale, 1931) (Recombination of synonym)
  • Tonna (Tonna) cumingii (Hanley in Reeve, 1849) (Recombination)
  • Tonna (Tonna) testardi (Montrouzier, 1863) (Recombination of synonym)
  • Tonna maoria Powell, 1938

Taxonomy

The species currently referred to as Tonna cumingii (Hanley in Reeve, 1849) was referred to as:

  • Tonna canaliculata (Linnaeus, 1758) by Thach (2005:91, pl. 23, fig. 5)
  • Tonna cumingii 'Reeve' by (a. o.) Hedley (1919:331); Winckworth & Tomlin (1933:209); Hinton (1977:26); Powell (1979:161); Kilburn (1986:4); Thach (2005:91)

The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Tonna cumingii (Hanley in Reeve, 1849) by Springsteen & Leobrera (1986:100, pl. 26, fig. 2)

The species currently referred to as Tonna poppei Vos, 2005 was illustrated by Cernohorsky (1972:111); Hinton (1974:19, fig. 7; 1977:26 fig. 7a) and referred to as Tonna cumingii 'Reeve'

The species currently referred to as Tonna deshayesii (Reeve, 1849) was referred to as Tonna cumingii 'Reeve' by (a. o.) Powell (1979:61); Cernohorsky (1972:112)

Additional information on Cernohorsky (1972:111-112): Whilst showing specimens of Tonna poppei Vos, 2005 on pl. 30, figs 5, Cernohorsky lists this species as Tonna cumingii (Reeve, 1849), with in synonymy: "Synonyms of T. cumingii are deshayesii Reeve, 1849, perselecta Iredale, 1931, and maoria Powell, 1938. Tonna magnifica (Sowerby III 1904) belongs either to T. cumingii or T. chinensis " (fide Cernohorsy, 1972:112) [1]

Distribution

This species is found often off the southern coasts of India and Sri Lanka. Populations of animals with similar-looking shells from New Zealand[2] and Australian waters have been assimilated into this species. Occasional records indicate a possible presence of the species in Philippine waters. Further study on this species should reveal its exact distribution. (Reference: Vos, 2007, A Conchological Iconography - Family Tonnidae)

Shell description

The shell height is up to 91 mm, and width up to 66 mm.

References
  1. Vos, C.; Marshall, B. (2015). Tonna cumingii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410210 on 2016-01-15
  2. Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Chris Vos and Alan Beu, 2007, A Conchological Iconography 13: The Family Tonnidae, ConchBooks, ISBN 9783925919275


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