MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Dolium magnificum G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Descriptions of <i>Dolium magnificum</i>, n. sp., and <i>Murex multispinosus</i>, n. sp. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4: 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176114
page(s): 7 [details]
basis of record
Kira T. (1959). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i>. (2nd ed., first printing), Hoikusha, Japan, [6] + vii + [1] + 239 pp., 71 pls.
page(s): 55 [details]
additional source
Vos, C. (2005c) Notes on Tonnidae of the <i>T. variegata</i> complex and <i>T. chinensis</i> complex, with descriptions of four new species (Gastropoda: Tonnidae). <i>Visaya</i> 1(5): 45-62. [November 2005]
page(s): 47 [details]
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]
From other sources
Taxonomy Kira (1959:55) lists Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) as well as Tonna chinensis magnifica (Sowerby III, 1904) as species and subspecies, a vision not substantiated later. [details]