WoRMS taxon details
Tonna melanostoma (J. C. Jay, 1839)
410265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:410265)
accepted
Species
Dolium (Dolium) haemastomum J. C. Jay, 1839 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dolium (Dolium) melanostomum (J. C. Jay, 1839) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dolium haemastomum J. C. Jay, 1839 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (Error by Philippi, 1845)
Dolium melanostomum J. C. Jay, 1839 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tonna (Tonna) melanostoma (J. C. Jay, 1839) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dolium melanostomum J. C. Jay, 1839) Jay, J. C. (1839). A catalogue of shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system; together with descriptions of new or rare species, contained in the collection of John C. Jay, M.D. <em>3rd ed. Wiley & Putnam, New York.</em> 1-126, plates 1-10., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54059
page(s): 124-125 [details]
page(s): 124-125 [details]
Holotype AMNH 56115
Holotype AMNH 56115 [details]
Distribution Vos (2012:14; 2013:35) discussed recent dredgings of young specimens of Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) in Chinese waters,...
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) was referred to under that name by (a. o.) Habe...
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna hawaiiensis was referred to as Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) by (a. o.) Kay...
Distribution Vos (2012:14; 2013:35) discussed recent dredgings of young specimens of Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) in Chinese waters, concluding that it is currently still uncertain that this species is to be considered a part of that fauna, or a pseudo-population originating from larval drift. [details]
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) was referred to under that name by (a. o.) Habe...
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) was referred to under that name by (a. o.) Habe (1961:47); Cernohorsky (1972:109); Powell (1979:162); Abbott & Dance (1982:118); Okutani (2000:283) [details]
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna hawaiiensis was referred to as Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) by (a. o.) Kay...
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonna melanostoma (J. C. Jay, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410265 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dolium melanostomum J. C. Jay, 1839) Jay, J. C. (1839). A catalogue of shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system; together with descriptions of new or rare species, contained in the collection of John C. Jay, M.D. <em>3rd ed. Wiley & Putnam, New York.</em> 1-126, plates 1-10., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54059
page(s): 124-125 [details]
original description (of Dolium haemastomum J. C. Jay, 1839) Philippi, R. A. (1845). Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 2(10): 147-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291735
page(s): 147 [details]
basis of record 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 [details]
page(s): 124-125 [details]
original description (of Dolium haemastomum J. C. Jay, 1839) Philippi, R. A. (1845). Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 2(10): 147-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291735
page(s): 147 [details]
basis of record 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 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12-22; Pls. 1-9
page(s): 14 [details]
ecology source Vos, C. (2013). Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 52(1-2): 22-53, pls. 1-9.
page(s): 35-36 [details] Available for editors
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ecology source Prior, S.; Vos, C. (2022). <i>Tonna melanostoma</i> (Jay, 1839) (Mollusca: Gastropoda), the black-mouthed tun: A rare find in the channel between Slaughter and Emily Bays, Norfolk Island. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 60(4): 167-173. [Stated date 31/12/2021; distributed end of January, 2022].
page(s): p. 167-173. [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
ecology source Vos, C. (2013). Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 52(1-2): 22-53, pls. 1-9.
page(s): 35-36 [details] Available for editors
[request]ecology source Prior, S.; Vos, C. (2022). <i>Tonna melanostoma</i> (Jay, 1839) (Mollusca: Gastropoda), the black-mouthed tun: A rare find in the channel between Slaughter and Emily Bays, Norfolk Island. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 60(4): 167-173. [Stated date 31/12/2021; distributed end of January, 2022].
page(s): p. 167-173. [details]
Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Cernohorsky, W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
page(s): 109 [details]
additional source Cernohorsky, W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
page(s): 109 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AMNH 56115 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Vos (2012:14; 2013:35) discussed recent dredgings of young specimens of Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) in Chinese waters, concluding that it is currently still uncertain that this species is to be considered a part of that fauna, or a pseudo-population originating from larval drift. [details]Spelling The species currently referred to as Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) was referred to as Tonna melanostomum (Jay, 1839) (ending "-um" rather than "-a") by Winckworth & Tomlin (1933:210) [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna melanostoma (Jay, 1839) was referred to under that name by (a. o.) Habe (1961:47); Cernohorsky (1972:109); Powell (1979:162); Abbott & Dance (1982:118); Okutani (2000:283) [details]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]
