Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Tonnidae

Tonna Brünnich, 1771

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dolium*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym

Children

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853)
Tonna tenebrosa (Hanley, 1860)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヤツシロガイ属

Literature

original description	Brünnich, M.T. (1771–1772). Zoologiae fundamenta praelectionibus Academicis accomodata. Hafniae et Lipsiae. 253 [+ 1] pp.
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
additional source	Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
ecology source	Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12-22; Pls. 1-9
ecology source	Vos, C. (2013). Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. Gloria Maris. 52(1-2): 22-53, pls. 1-9.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonna Brünnich, 1771. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138557