Tonna allium, common name the costate tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 131 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius.
References
- Martin, K. (1879-1880). Die Tertiärschichten auf Java, nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn. Leiden: Brill. [Paleontologischer Theil, 1–126 (1879); 127–164, i–vi (plate captions) (1880); Allgemeiner Theil, 1–51 (1880); Anhang, 1–6 (1880); Title page and Vorwort, i–ix,
- Smith, E. A. 1906. On South African marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Natal Government Museum 1:19-71, pls. 7-8
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Cernohorsky. W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- Bozzetti L. & Ferrario M. (2005) Three new species and a new subspecies from the South-Western Indian Ocean (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Turbinidae, Tonnidae, Buccinidae, Conidae). Visaya 1(4): 51-58. [April 2005]
- Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
- Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
- 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
- Vos, C. (2008) Tonnidae. in Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine Marine Mollusks, Volume 1: Gastropoda 1: 594-611, pls 242-250. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12-22; Pls. 1-9
- Vos, C. (2013) Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. Gloria Maris 52(1-2); pp. 22-53; Pls. 1-9
- Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
