MolluscaBase - Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817)

WoRMS taxon details

Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817)

Neotype (dorsal)

AphiaID

410186 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:410186)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tonna Brünnich, 1771

Original name

Buccinum chinense Dillwyn, 1817

Synonymised names

Buccinum chinense Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (original combination)

Dolium (Dolium) chinense (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted (Recombination)

Dolium (Dolium) chinense var. magnifica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) · unaccepted (Recombination of synonym)

Dolium australe Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted (Invalid - recombination of...)

Invalid - recombination of invalid non-binominal name

Dolium chinense (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted (Recombination)

Dolium magnificum G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Dolium pictum Schepman, 1893 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Dolium latesulcatum var. picta...)

of Dolium latesulcatum var. picta Hanley, 1860; Dolium schepmani Bayer, 1937 is a replacement name

Dolium schepmani Bayer, 1937 · unaccepted (Synonym - replacement name for...)

Synonym - replacement name for Dolium pictum Schepman, 1893

Dolium variegatum var. chinense (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Tonna (Tonna) chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted (Recombination)

Tonna (Tonna) schepmani (Bayer, 1937) · unaccepted (Recombination of synonym)

Tonna chinensis magnifica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) · unaccepted (Recombined synonym)

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Subspecies Tonna chinensis angusta (Hanley, 1860) accepted as Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Tonna chinensis magnifica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) accepted as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) (Recombined synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Buccinum chinense Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 582 [details]

Type data

Neotype MNHN 9509

Neotype MNHN 9509 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Beu (2005:118) used the name Dolium variegatum var. angusta Hanley, 1860 in the synonymy of Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817).

Taxonomy Beu (2005:118) used the name Dolium variegatum var. angusta Hanley, 1860 in the synonymy of Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817). [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822) was referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) by...

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822) was referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) by Wilson (1993:252) [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Dolium variegatum Lamarck, 1822 by...

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Dolium variegatum Lamarck, 1822 by Philippi(1847:36) [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to under that name by Kira (1959:55);...

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to under that name by Kira (1959:55); Abbott & Dance (1982:118); Thach (2005:91); Vos (2005:45) [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822) by...

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822) by Dharma (2005:192, pl. 71, fig. 2)) [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna boucheti Vos, 2005 was illustrated by Zhang & Ma (2004:67) and referred to as...

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna boucheti Vos, 2005 was illustrated by Zhang & Ma (2004:67) and referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna alanbeui Vos, 2005 was first illustrated by Hinton (1972, p. 18, pl. 9, fig. 5;...

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna alanbeui Vos, 2005 was first illustrated by Hinton (1972, p. 18, pl. 9, fig. 5; 1974, p. 19, fig. 8; 1977, p. 26, fig. 11) and referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817). [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Tonna cumingii (Hanley in Reeve,...

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Tonna cumingii (Hanley in Reeve, 1849) by Springsteen & Leobrera (1986:100, pl. 26, fig. 2) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410186 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-08-03 08:51:25Z

created

Vos, Chris

2009-08-04 06:46:45Z

changed

Vos, Chris

2011-04-25 14:15:13Z

changed

Vos, Chris

2011-07-22 11:25:21Z

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Vos, Chris

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Buccinum chinense Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 582 [details]

original description (of Dolium australe Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 111 [details]

original description (of Dolium pictum Schepman, 1893) Schepman, M. M. (1893). Description of a new species of Dolium. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 15(4): 276-277. [published October 1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12957389
page(s): 276 [details]

original description (of Dolium magnificum G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Descriptions of Dolium magnificum, n. sp., and Murex multispinosus, n. sp. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 4: 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176114
page(s): 7 [details]

original description (of Dolium schepmani Bayer, 1937) Bayer C. (1937). Catalogue of the Doliidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologiscshe Mededelingen. 20(5): 29-50., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149627
page(s): 47 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Vos, C. (2005c) Notes on Tonnidae of the T. variegata complex and T. chinensis complex, with descriptions of four new species (Gastropoda: Tonnidae). Visaya 1(5): 45-62. [November 2005]
page(s): 45-54 [details]

Ecology

ecology source Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12-22; Pls. 1-9
page(s): 14 [details]

ecology source Vos, C. (2013). Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. Gloria Maris. 52(1-2): 22-53, pls. 1-9.
page(s): 34-35 [details] Available for editors

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ecology source Vos, C. (2008) Tonnidae. in Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine Marine Mollusks, Volume 1: Gastropoda 1: 594-611, pls 242-250. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany.
page(s): 602 [details]

Other

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): 77 [details]

additional source Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
page(s): 118 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Neotype MNHN 9509 [details]

From editor or global species database

Specimen Neotype selected from own collection and deposited in MNHN by Vos, 2007 [details]

Unreviewed

Spelling The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Tonna chinense (Dillwyn, 1817) by (a. o.) Winckworth & Tomlin (1933:209); Skwarko & Sufiati (1994:k11). [details]

Synonymy Buccinum dolium australe seu chinense Chemnitz, 1795 unavailable as non-binominal. [details]

Taxonomy Beu (2005:118) used the name Dolium variegatum var. angusta Hanley, 1860 in the synonymy of Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817). [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822) was referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) by Wilson (1993:252) [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Dolium variegatum Lamarck, 1822 by Philippi(1847:36) [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Tonna variegata (Lamarck, 1822) by Dharma (2005:192, pl. 71, fig. 2)) [details]

Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna boucheti Vos, 2005 was illustrated by Zhang & Ma (2004:67) and referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) [details]