WoRMS taxon details
Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860)
410246 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:410246)
accepted
Species
Dolium (Dolium) dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) · unaccepted (Unnecessary interpolation)
Dolium dunkeri Hanley, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tonna (Tonna) dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) · unaccepted (Recombination)
Tonna variegata f. dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Dolium dunkeri Hanley, 1860) Hanley, S. (1860), Descriptions of New Univalve Shells from the Collections of H. Cuming and Sylvanus Hanley. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1859</i> <b>27:</b> 429-431
page(s): 431 [details]
page(s): 431 [details]
Lectotype NHM 1967677
Lectotype NHM 1967677 [details]
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) was referred to:
as Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) by (a....
as Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) by (a....
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) was referred to:
as Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) by (a. o.) Winckworth & Tomlin (1933:209): Barnard (1963:5); Vos (1999:44)
as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) by D. & E. Steyn (2002:50)
as Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822) by Kilburn (1971:483) [details]
as Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) by (a. o.) Winckworth & Tomlin (1933:209): Barnard (1963:5); Vos (1999:44)
as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) by D. & E. Steyn (2002:50)
as Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822) by Kilburn (1971:483) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410246 on 2025-03-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dolium dunkeri Hanley, 1860) Hanley, S. (1860), Descriptions of New Univalve Shells from the Collections of H. Cuming and Sylvanus Hanley. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1859</i> <b>27:</b> 429-431
page(s): 431 [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1971). On some species of the families Tonnidae, Hipponicidae, Buccinidae, Columbariidae, Fasciolariidae, Psammobiidae and Mactridae (Mollusca) in South African waters. Annals of the Natal Museum 20(3):483-497. [details]
page(s): 431 [details]
basis of record Kilburn R.N. (1971). On some species of the families Tonnidae, Hipponicidae, Buccinidae, Columbariidae, Fasciolariidae, Psammobiidae and Mactridae (Mollusca) in South African waters. Annals of the Natal Museum 20(3):483-497. [details]
Other
additional source
Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 5 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 249–320. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 264 [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): 93 [details]
additional source Vos, C. (1999). A new <i>Tonna</i> Brünnich, 1772 (Gastropoda: Tonnidae) from Gulf of Aden. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 38 (2-3): 43-47, pl. 8-9.
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 5 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 249–320. , available online at http://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001
page(s): 264 [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): 93 [details]
additional source Vos, C. (1999). A new <i>Tonna</i> Brünnich, 1772 (Gastropoda: Tonnidae) from Gulf of Aden. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 38 (2-3): 43-47, pl. 8-9.
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors






Lectotype NHM 1967677 [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen 3 syntypes in NHM. Lecto- and paralectotypes designated by Vos, 2007 (93) [details]Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) was referred to:
as Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) by (a. o.) Winckworth & Tomlin (1933:209): Barnard (1963:5); Vos (1999:44)
as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) by D. & E. Steyn (2002:50)
as Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822) by Kilburn (1971:483) [details]