Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Tonnoidea > Family Tonnidae > Genus Tonna

Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tonna*	Brünnich, 1771	accepted genus name
*Dolium*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym

Species group names

*Dolium antillarum*	Mörch, 1877	synonym
*Dolium galea*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Dolium galea var. epidermata*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Dolium galea var. spirintrorsa*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Dolium galea var. spirintrorsum*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Dolium galea var. tardina*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Dolium galeatum*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Dolium tenue*	Menke, 1830	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kërmilli gaviç sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: giant tun; tun shell sources: MacDonald & Co. (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.;Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

French: dólium geant; tonne cannelée

German: Große Fassschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Κοχύλα; Μπουρού; Μπουχόνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: elmo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: caracol tonel

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 377-378: 1-550.
additional source	Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.
additional source	Turner, R. D. (1948). The family Tonnidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia, 2(26): 165-192
additional source	Cernohorsky. W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
additional source	Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
additional source	Green, J. (1830). The Dolia of the United States. Transactions of the Albany Institute, New York. 1: 131-133.
additional source	Vos, C. (1999). A new Tonna Brünnich, 1772 (Gastropoda: Tonnidae) from Gulf of Aden. Gloria Maris. 38 (2-3): 43-47, pl. 8-9.
additional source	Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
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

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141687