Tonna Brünnich 1772 (tun shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae

Synonyms: Cadium Link 1807, Cadus Röding 1798, Dolium Lamarck 1801, Foratidolium Rovereto 1899, Macgillivrayi Forbes 1852, Parvitonna Iredale 1931, Perdix Montfort 1810, Simplicidolium Sacco 1891, Tonna (Cadus) Röding 1798

Parent taxon: Tonnidae according to A. G. Beu 2010

See also Barrios 1960, Beu 2005, Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, Link 1807, MacNeil 1960, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Weisbord 1962 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Eudolium, Malea, Tonninae

Subtaxa: Dolium costatum Dolium crenulatum Dolium hochstetteri Dolium maculatum Dolium townsendi Dolium variegatum Perdix jurcsaki Tonna galea Tonna pennata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Fiji (1), Greece (1), Japan (9), Kenya (1), Pakistan (1), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Taiwan (1), United States (6: Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2), Mexico (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Fiji (2), Greece (2), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Japan (9), Pakistan (3), Panama (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Spain (4), Venezuela (6)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4), Greece (2), Indonesia (4), Japan (1), Pakistan (2), South Africa (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (1)

Total: 81 collections including 101 occurrences

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