Tonna zonata

Tonna zonata
Shell of Tonna zonata (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Tonnidae
Genus:	Tonna
Species:	T. zonata
Binomial name
Tonna zonata (Green, 1830) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Dolium (Dolium) zonatumGreen, 1830 superseded combination Dolium (Eudolium) zonatumGreen, 1830 superseded combination Dolium crenulatumPhilippi, 1845 Dolium zonatumGreen, 1830 Tonna (Tonna) zonata(Green, 1830) (Recombination)

Tonna zonata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 100 mm and 280 mm.

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution : East China Sea, South China Sea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and New Zealand.

Life cycle and mating behavior

Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults. ^[3]

References

1. Green. 1830, Albany Inst., New York, 1: 131, pl. 4. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
2. Tonna zonata (Green, 1830) . Vos, C. (2009). Tonna zonata (Green, 1830). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410270 on 9 July 2010 .
3. "Tonna zonata". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-07-19.

• Leung KF. & Morton B. (2000). The 1998 resurvey of the subtidal molluscan community of the southeastern waters of Hong Kong, six years after dredging began and three since it ended.In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Marine Biological Workshop: Morton B, editor. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China V. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 553–617.
• 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.
• Cernohorsky. W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 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

External links

• Green, J. (1830). The Dolia of the United States. Transactions of the Albany Institute, New York. 1: 131-133
• Philippi, R. A. (1845). Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 2(10): 147-152