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Tonna cumingii shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Tonnidae
Genus:	Tonna
Species:	T. cumingii
Binomial name
Tonna cumingii (Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms
Dolium (Dolium) cumingii (Hanley in Reeve, 1849) (Recombination) Dolium (Dolium) cumingii var. perselecta (Iredale, 1931) (Recombination of synonym) Dolium (Dolium) testardi Montrouzier, 1863 (Recombination of synonym) Dolium cumingii Hanley in Reeve, 1849 (original combination) Dolium olearium var. cumingii Hanley in Reeve, 1849 Dolium olearium var. testardi Montrouzier, 1863 Dolium testardi Montrouzier, 1863 Eudolium testardi (Montrouzier, 1863) (Erroneous recombination) Parvitonna perselecta Iredale, 1931 Tonna (Eudolium) perselecta (Iredale, 1931) (Recombination of synonym) Tonna (Tonna) cumingii (Hanley in Reeve, 1849) (Recombination) Tonna (Tonna) testardi (Montrouzier, 1863) (Recombination of synonym) Tonna maoria Powell, 1938

Tonna cumingi, common name Cuming's tun, is a species of very large sea snail, a tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tuns.

Taxonomy

The species currently referred to as Tonna cumingii (Hanley in Reeve, 1849) was referred to as:

• Tonna canaliculata (Linnaeus, 1758) by Thach (2005:91, pl. 23, fig. 5)
• Tonna cumingii 'Reeve' by (a. o.) Hedley (1919:331); Winckworth & Tomlin (1933:209); Hinton (1977:26); Powell (1979:161); Kilburn (1986:4); Thach (2005:91)

The species currently referred to as Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) was referred to as Tonna cumingii (Hanley in Reeve, 1849) by Springsteen & Leobrera (1986:100, pl. 26, fig. 2)

The species currently referred to as Tonna poppei Vos, 2005 was illustrated by Cernohorsky (1972:111); Hinton (1974:19, fig. 7; 1977:26 fig. 7a) and referred to as Tonna cumingii 'Reeve'

The species currently referred to as Tonna deshayesii (Reeve, 1849) was referred to as Tonna cumingii 'Reeve' by (a. o.) Powell (1979:61); Cernohorsky (1972:112)

Additional information on Cernohorsky (1972:111-112): Whilst showing specimens of Tonna poppei Vos, 2005 on pl. 30, figs 5, Cernohorsky lists this species as Tonna cumingii (Reeve, 1849), with in synonymy: "Synonyms of T. cumingii are deshayesii Reeve, 1849, perselecta Iredale, 1931, and maoria Powell, 1938. Tonna magnifica (Sowerby III 1904) belongs either to T. cumingii or T. chinensis " (fide Cernohorsy, 1972:112)

Distribution

This species is found often off the southern coasts of India and Sri Lanka. Populations of animals with similar-looking shells from New Zealand and Australian waters have been assimilated into this species. Occasional records indicate a possible presence of the species in Philippine waters. Further study on this species should reveal its exact distribution. (Reference: Vos, 2007, A Conchological Iconography - Family Tonnidae)

Shell description

The shell height is up to 91 mm, and width up to 66 mm.