Language: Chinese with English summary
ISBN/ISSN: 7030115457
Published on: 2004-01
Hardcover
The present volume deals with the Tonnacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The materials for studying were based on the collections from the intertidal and continental shelf of China Seas by the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in the past years. 103 species belonging to 20 genera, 15 subgenera in 6 families, namely, Cassidae, Tonnidae, Ficidae, Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae were described. Of the 103 species described in this volume, only 1 species and 1 subspecies in Cassidae distributed northward extend to yellow sea and Bohai Sea. There were 24 species distributed in East China Sea, 63 species in South China Sea, and 98 species in waters around Taiwan. 88 species described in this volume were reported in Japan and 81 species in the Philippines. All species of Superfamily tonnacea reported were the tropical Indo-Pacifica species except a few species.
1. Cassididae Swainson, 1832
2. Tnnidae Peile, 1926
3. Ficidae Conrad, 1867
4. Ranellidae Gray, 1854 = Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913
5. Personidae Gray, 1854
6. Bursidae Thiele, 1925
