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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Tonnidae

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 40.28°N to 37.93°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 2359 m (live 9 to 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 190  mm

Synonymy

Dolium galea (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Buccinum galea Linnaeus, 1758
Buccinum olearium Linnaeus, 1758
Dolium tenue Menke, 1830
Dolium zonatum Green, 1830
Dolium ampullaceum Philippi, 1846
Dolium crenulatum Philippi, 1846
Dolium tenebrosum Hanley, 1859
Dolium maculatum Rigacci, 1866
Dolium antillarum Mörch, 1877
Dolium brasilianum Mörch, 1877
Dolium epidermatum De Gregorio, 1884
Cithna olivacea A. E. Verrill, 1884
Dolium spirintrorsum De Gregorio, 1884
Dolium tardinum De Gregorio, 1884
Dolium fasciatum De Gregorio, 1885
Dolium rubroviolaceum De Gregorio, 1885
Dolium modjokasriense K. Martin, 1899
Dolium majus Pallary, 1900
Dolium minor Pallary, 1938
Tonna abbotti Macsotay & Campos, 2001

Details


Buccinum galea Linnaeus, 1758, p. 734, [Bonan. 3, t. 183; Gualt. t. 42, f. A]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: in M[are] Mediterraneo
Range: 35°N to 37.93°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 185 m (live 9 to 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 180 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Dry Tortugas; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), New Providence, Cay Sal; Cuba: Villa Clara; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires; Ascension Island
References: Kurtz (1860); Turner (1948) NEW; Gunter (1950); Springer & Bullis (1956) D; Castellanos (1970a) S; Altena (1975) d; Lozet & Pétron (1977) M; Princz (1978b); Macsotay & Campos (2001)
Combining Genera:  Dolium

Tonna galea abbotti Macsotay & Campos, 2001, p. 71, pl. 13, fig. 12
[Synonym]
Type Locality: "cuadrante E-21" [east of Isla Margarita], Plataforma de Margarita, Venezuela, 29-48 m
Range: 12°N to 6°N; 68°W to 57°W
Depth: 3 to 33 m (live 37 to 29 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 139 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Surinam
References: Macsotay & Campos (2001) DdLlNSEWM; Rosenberg (2003, herein) s
Comments: Sympatric with nominate subspecies (Macsotay & Campos 2001, map 17) and therefore either a synonym or a full species, not a subspecies. Synonymized herein as differences cited, counts of cords on body whorl and present of secondary cords, are variable in this species.

Dolium ampullaceum Philippi, 1846, 
[Synonym]
References: Beu (2005) s

Dolium antillarum Mörch, 1877b, p. 41-42
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas and Jamaica
Range: 23°N to 18.3°N; 81°W to 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 135 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas, Holguin; Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1877b) SEM; Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) NW; Turner (1948) s; Beu (2005) s

Dolium antillarum var. brasiliana Mörch, 1877b, p. 42
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Catinguiba, Brazil
Range: 23°S to 29°S; 50°W to 43°W
Maximum Reported Size: 155 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul
References: C. Bayer (1937); Turner (1948) NSEWM; Beu (2005) s

Dolium crenulatum Philippi, 1846, 
[Synonym]
References: Beu (2005) s

Dolium galea var. epidermata De Gregorio, 1884, p. 115
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mari di Palermo
References: C. Bayer (1937); Turner (1948) s; Beu (2005) s

Dolium galea var. fasciata De Gregorio, 1885, p. 134
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mari de Sciacca
References: Pallary (1900:299)

Dolium galea var. maculata Rigacci, 1866, p. 45
[Not available]
Type Locality: Adriatic
Comments: Nude name.

Dolium galea var. major Pallary, 1900, p. 299, not figured
[Not available]
Attributed to: Koch & Pallary
Type Locality: Département d'Oran [Algeria]
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Dolium galea var. minor Pallary, 1938, p. 30-31, not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Syrie [Lebanon and Syria]
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Dolium modjokasriense K. Martin, 1899, 
[Synonym]
References: Beu (2005) s

Buccinum oleariu[m] Linnaeus, 1758, p. 734, [Pet. gaz. pl. 99, fig. 11; Gualt test. pl. 44, fig. T]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: O. Indico
References: Beu (2005) s

Cithna (?) olivacea A. E. Verrill, 1884, p. 185, pl. 29, fig. 5
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 1154
Range: 40.28°N to 36.6°N; 70.65°W to 67.09°W
Depth: 353 to 2359 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: USA: Off New Jersey, North Carolina
References: Verrill (1884) DdNEWM; Porter (1974) S; R. I. Johnson (1989) T; Bouchet & Warén (1993) s?
Comments: Larval shell.

Dolium galea var. rubroviolaceum De Gregorio, 1885, p. 134
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mari de Sciacca

Dolium galea var. spirintrorsum De Gregorio, 1884, p. 114
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mediterranean Sea
Maximum Reported Size: 190 mm
References: De Gregorio (1884) M; C. Bayer (1937); Turner (1948) s; Beu (2005) s

Dolium spiritrorsum sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for spirintrorsum by Paetel (1887).

Dolium galea var. tardina De Gregorio, 1884, p. 114
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mari di Palermo
References: C. Bayer (1937); Turner (1948) s; Beu (2005) s

Dolium tenebrosum Hanley, 1859, 
[Synonym]
References: C. Bayer (1937); Beu (2005) s

Dolium tenue Menke, 1830, p. 143-144
[Synonym]
Type Locality: In mari mediterraneo, prope Alexandrette, in Syria
Maximum Reported Size: 43 mm
References: Menke (1830) M; Turner (1948) s; Beu (2005) s

Dolium zonatum Green, 1830, 
[Synonym]
References: Beu (2005) s


Partial List of References

De Gregorio, A. 1884. Studi su talune conchiglie Mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del gen. Vulsella Bullettino della Societá Malacologica Italiana 10 36-288, 1-5. [True date: post 28 Mar.]
De Gregorio, A. 1885. Continuazione degli studi su talune conchiglie Mediterranee viventi e fossili Bullettino della Societá Malacologica Italiana 11 27-203.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Macsotay, O. and R. Campos Villarroel. 2001. Molucos representativos de la Plataforma de Margarita - Venezuela  [iii], iii, 280 pp., 32 pls. Editora Rivolta: Valencia, Venezuela. [Stated date: -- Jul 2001.]
Menke, K. T. 1830. Synopsis methodica Molluscorum  xvi + 169. Author: Pyrmont. [Stated date: -- --- 1830; true date: post 12 Apr.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 24 14-66, 93-123.
Pallary, P. 1900. Coquilles marines du littoral du Département d'Oran Journal de Conchyliologie 48 211-422, pls. 6-8.
Pallary, P. 1938. Les mollusques marins de la Syrie Journal de Conchyliologie 82 5-58.
Rigacci, [J.] 1866. Catalogo delle Conchiglie Componenti la Collezione Rigacci Classificata col Sistema di Lamarck  56 pp. Author: Roma.
Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 139-294, pls. 28-32.

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