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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
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

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

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Eudolium crosseanum
[Straw tun]
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Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Malea noronhensis
[]

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

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Malea pomum
[Grinning tun]
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Malea ringens
[Pacific cask shell]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

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

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Tonna allium
[Costate tun]
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Tonna ampullacea
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Tonna bozzettii
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

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

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Tonna canaliculata
[Channeled tun]

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Pacific Ocean.

Tonna cepa (Röding, 1798)

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Tonna cepa
[Channeled tunshell]
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Tonna chinensis
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Max. Length 12.5 cm ShH
 
Tonna cumingii
[]

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

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Tonna dolium
[Spotted tun]

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

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Tonna galea
[Giant tun]
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Tonna lischkeana
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Tonna luteostoma
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Tonna maculosa
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Tonna melanostoma
[]

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

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Tonna olearium
[Oily tun]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific a

Tonna pennata (Morch, 1852)

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Tonna pennata
[Atlantic partridge tun]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

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

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Tonna perdix
[Pacific partridge tun]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

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

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Tonna sulcosa
[Banded tun]

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

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Tonna tessellata
[Mosaic tun]
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Tonna tetracotula
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Tonna zonata
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Dalium solidum Western Atlantic 6.5 DL 1889
Eudolium bairdii Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O 7.6 DL 1881
Eudolium crosseanum Straw tun Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O 8.1 DL 1869
Malea noronhensis Western Atlantic. 7 DL 1969
Malea pomum Grinning tun Indo-Pacific and Western 8 ShH 1758
Malea ringens Pacific cask shell Pacific Ocean. Subtropic 1822
Tonna allium Costate tun Indo-West Pacific 10 ShH 1817
Tonna ampullacea Western Central Pacific 1845
Tonna bozzettii Western Central Pacific 2021
Tonna canaliculata Channeled tun Indo-West Pacific 14.5 SHL 1758
Tonna cepa Channeled tunshell Pacific Ocean. 1798
Tonna chinensis Western Pacific 1817
Tonna cumingii Western Central Pacific 12.5 ShH 1849
Tonna dolium Spotted tun Indo-Pacific 15 ShH 1758
Tonna galea Giant tun Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 18 DL 1758
Tonna lischkeana Western Central Pacific 1857
Tonna luteostoma Indo-Pacific. 1857
Tonna maculosa Western Atlantic 1817
Tonna melanostoma Pacific Ocean. Subtropic 1839
Tonna olearium Oily tun Cosmopolitan 23 ShH 1758
Tonna pennata Atlantic partridge tun Western Central Pacific a 1852
Tonna perdix Pacific partridge tun Indo-Pacific 20 ShH 1758
Tonna sulcosa Banded tun Indo-West Pacific 13 ShH 1778
Tonna tessellata Mosaic tun Indo-West Pacific 10 SHL 1816
Tonna tetracotula Southwest Pacific 1919
Tonna zonata Western Pacific. 1830



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