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Family: Tonnidae tun shells



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26 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 6.5 cm DL
 
Dalium solidum
[]
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Max. Length 7.6 cm DL
 
Eudolium bairdii
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O
Max. Length 8.1 cm DL
Eudolium crosseanum(di Monterosato, 1869)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Eudolium crosseanum
[Straw tun]
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Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Malea noronhensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific and Western
Max. Length 8 cm ShH
Malea pomum(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Malea pomum
[Grinning tun]
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Malea ringens
[Pacific cask shell]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm ShH
Tonna allium(Dillwyn, 1817)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tonna allium
[Costate tun]
No picture found
 
Tonna ampullacea
[]
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Tonna bozzettii
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 14.5 cm SHL
Tonna canaliculata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Tonna canaliculata
[Channeled tun]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Pacific Ocean.

Tonna cepa(Röding, 1798)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Tonna cepa
[Channeled tunshell]
No picture found
 
Tonna chinensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.5 cm ShH
 
Tonna cumingii
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm ShH
Tonna dolium(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Tonna dolium
[Spotted tun]

Pillon, Roberto

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 18 cm DL
Tonna galea(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Tonna galea
[Giant tun]
No picture found
 
Tonna lischkeana
[]
No picture found
 
Tonna luteostoma
[]
No picture found
 
Tonna maculosa
[]
No picture found
 
Tonna melanostoma
[]

FAO

Cosmopolitan
Max. Length 23 cm ShH
Tonna olearium(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Tonna olearium
[Oily tun]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific a

Tonna pennata(Morch, 1852)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tonna pennata
[Atlantic partridge tun]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm ShH
Tonna perdix(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Tonna perdix
[Pacific partridge tun]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm ShH
Tonna sulcosa(Born, 1778)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tonna sulcosa
[Banded tun]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Tonna tessellata(Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by FAO
 
Tonna tessellata
[Mosaic tun]
No picture found
 
Tonna tetracotula
[]
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Tonna zonata
[]


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