OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Tonnidae 

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Buccinum galea Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

Indo-Pacific, from the Hawaiian Islands to Japan and south to the East Indies and the Indian Ocean; Eastern and Western Atlantic

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesiaMoluccas
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaTanzaniaPwani ProvinceZanzibar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanSri Lanka
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaMalaysia

References

 Kilias, R. 1962. p.36-38, fig. 31 General reference
 Turner, R. D. 1948. p.173-176, pl. 75, fig. 4; pl. 78, figs. 1-2 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Tonnoidea
                        Tonnidae
                          Tonna Brünnich, 1772
                            Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=73130) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-07-10. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-07-10.