Fauna Sinica Invertebrata Vol. 34 Mollusca Gastropoda Tonnacea

 
  中国动物志 无脊椎动物 第三十四卷 软体动物门 腹足纲 鹑螺总科
  In Chinese with English Summary
  By Zhang supping
  Published in 2004
  Page: 243 pages + 5 plates
  Size: 185x260mm
  Price: US$48

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.

Contents

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

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