original description
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): 94-95 [details]
ecology source
Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp.
page(s): 140 [details]
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Specimen Holotype in BPBM; paratypes in coll. author; GNS Science & IIRH [details]From other sources
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna hawaiiensis was referred to as Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) by (a. o.) Kay (1979:230); Matsukuma, Okutani & Habe (1991 pl. 53, fig. 2 (only)); Severns (2000:79) [details]
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