Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Tonnidae > Genus Tonna

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tonna*	Brünnich, 1771	accepted genus name
*Dolium*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym

Species group names

*Buccinum galea*	Linnaeus, 1758	basionym
*Buccinum galea*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Dolium antillarum*	Mörch, 1877	synonym
*Dolium galea*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Dolium galea var. epidermata*	de Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Dolium galea var. spirintrorsa*	de Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Dolium galea var. tardina*	de Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Dolium galeatum*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Dolium tenue*	Menke, 1830	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kërmilli gaviç sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: giant tun; tun shell sources: MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.;Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

French: dólium geant; tonne cannelée

Greek: Κοχύλα; Μπουχόνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: elmo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: caracol tonel

Literature

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
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
additional source	Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
additional source	MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.
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.
additional source	Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
additional source	Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates 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	Green, J. (1830) The Dolia of the United States Transactions of the Albany Institute, New York, 1: pp. 131-133
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.
misapplication	Cernohorsky, W.O. (1972a) Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Vos, C.; Gofas, S. (2014). Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141687