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Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 208014

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Tonnoidea (Superfamily) > Tonnidae (Family) > Tonna (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Tonna Brünnich, 1771
Synonymised
taxa
  Buccinum perdix Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Cadium perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombined)
Cadus coturnix Röding, 1798 (Synonym)
Cadus meleagris Röding, 1798 (Synonym)
Cadus perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombined)
Dolium (Dolium) perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombination)
Dolium (Dolium) perdix var. rufa (Blainville, 1829) (Recombination of synonym)
Dolium pennatum Schröter in Martini, 1788 (Unavailable under Direction 1 as name register to non-binominal work)
Dolium perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombined)
Dolium perdix var. rufa Blainville, 1829 (Synonym)
Dolium plumatum Green, 1830 (Synonym)
Dolium rufum Blainville, 1829 (Synonym)
Macgillivrayia pelagica Forbes, 1852 (Synonym)
Perdix reticulatus Montfort, 1810 (Unnecessary substitute name for Buccinum perdix)
Tonna (Tonna) perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) (Recombination)
Tonna perdix f. paucimaculata Bozzetti, 2010 (Synonym)
Tonna perdix var. rufa (Blainville, 1829) (Recombination of synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details]

basis of record: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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 [details]

additional source: Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 Recent Mollusca. Pp 196-219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch [details]

additional source: Beu, A. G. (2005) Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 130, p. 1-186, pp. 166, figs. 327
page(s): 124 [details]


additional source: Morton, B. (1991) Aspects of Predation by Tonna zonatum (PROSOBRANCHIA: TONNOIDEA) Feeding on Holothurians in Hong Kong. J. Moll. Stud. (1991), 57, 11-19. [details]

from synonym: Green, J. (1830) The Dolia of the United States Transactions of the Albany Institute, New York, 1: pp. 131-133
page(s): 132 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 734 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1197 [details] [view taxon] [full text]


from synonym: Linné C. (1764). Museum S:æ R:æ M:tis Ludovicæ Ulricæ reginæ Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque &c. &c. &c. in quo animalia rariora, exotica, imprimis insecta & conchilia describuntur & determinantur prodromi instar editum. Holmiae vii + 720 pp. :
page(s): 600 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Schröter, J. S. in Martini, F.H.W. (1788) Vollstandiges alphabetisches Namen-Register über alle Zehn Bande des von dem feel. Herrn D. Martini in Berlin angefangenen, und vom Herrn Pastor Chemnitz in Kopenhagen fortgesetzten und vollenbeten Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinets. Nürnberg, in der Rasplichen Buchhandlung, 1788, available online at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=4224
page(s): 30 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41571
page(s): 150 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Link, H. F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Mollusca. Rostock: Adlers Erben. Part 2:82-100, Part 3:101-160, and Part 4:6-23.
page(s): 114 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Montfort P. [Denys de] (1810) Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique des coquilles [...]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16. Paris: Schoelle. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11065017
page(s): 447 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Turner, R. D. (1948). The family Tonnidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2 (26): 165-192 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Bayer C. (1937) Catalogue of the Doliidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologiscshe Mededelingen, 20(5): 29-50., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149627
page(s): 43 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Kilias, R. (1962) Das Tierreich, Lieferung 77, Gastropoda / Prosobranchia: 1-63, Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin.
page(s): 48 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Vos, C. (2013) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Gloria Maris 52(1-2); pp. 22-53; Pls. 1-9
page(s): 33 [details] [view taxon]


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. (2008) Tonnidae. in Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine Marine Mollusks, Volume 1: Gastropoda 1: 594-611, pls 242-250. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany.
page(s): 606; 608 [details]


ecology source: Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
page(s): 138 [details]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English partridge tun  [details]
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Forma Tonna perdix f. paucimaculata Bozzetti, 2010 accepted as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Tonna perdix var. rufa (Blainville, 1829) accepted as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hawaii [details]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mascarene Basin [details]
Mauritius [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Tanzania [details]
Specimen  Lectotype: LSL "378" [details]
Feedingtype  adult: predator [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Notes  Description: As T. canaliculata, but shell less inflated, columella much reduced, up to 15 cm. Colour pale to dark brown, mottled with patches of white. Habitat: buried in offshore sands. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Feeding: Morton (1991:12) lists 5 species of holothuria as being a part of the preferred food sources of Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758):
Holothuria atra (fide Kropp, 1982; Kohn, 1983)
Stichopus horrens (fide Kropp, 1982; Guille et al., 1986)
Stichopus chloronatus (fide Kropp, 1982)
Holothuria cinerascens (fide Kropp, 1982)
Holothuria hilla (fide Kropp, 1982) [details]

SynonymyBuccinum perdix pennatum Martini, 1777 treated as non-binominal synonym of Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]

Taxonomy: The species currently referred to as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) was referred to by that name by (a. o.): Hedley (1916:196; 1919:335); Winckworth & Tomlin (1933:211); Turner (1948:171); Dodge (1956:165-167); Kira (1959:55); Arakawa (1960:69); Barnard (1963:7); Wilson & Gillett (1971:74); Cernohorsky (1972:112); Hinton (1972:18; 1974:19; 1977:26); Powell (1979:162); Kay (1979:233); Abbott & Dance (1982:118); Kilburn (1986:3); Springsteen & Leobrera (1986:100); Finet (1987:819); Wye (1991:101); Wilson (1993:253); Okutani (2000:281); Severns (2000:80); Zhang & Ma (2004:77); Dharma (2005:192); Thach (2005:92) [details]

Taxonomy: Vos (2007:70) treated Dolium perdix ventricosior Menke, 1829 (nomen nudum) as synonym for Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]

Taxonomy: The species currently referred to as Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) was referred to as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) by D. & E. Steyn (2002:50) [details]

Taxonomy: The species currently referred to as Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853) was referred to as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus,1758) through synonymy of the name Dolium pennatum Mörch, 1853 for that name by Beu (2005:124) [details]

Type designation: Lectotype designated by Beu, 2005 as the larger of the two specimens preserved in LSL, London. [details]
Images 
Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) - Live
Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) - Live
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Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) - Live
Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) - Live
added on 2011-07-12 - author: Vos, Chris
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2011-07-12 19:01:47

Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) - Live
Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) - Live
added on 2011-07-12 - author: Vos, Chris
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2011-07-12 19:07:20

Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) - Live - Feeding on Holothurian
Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) - Live - Feeding on Holothurian
added on 2011-07-12 - author: Vos, Chris
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2011-07-12 19:08:02

Tonna perdix
Tonna perdix
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: checked by Vos, Chris on 2012-10-05 09:22:33
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208014
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-08-03 08:51:25Z  checked  Vos, Chris
2009-08-04 06:46:45Z  changed  Vos, Chris
2011-07-16 11:26:38Z  changed  Vos, Chris
  
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  Citation: Vos, C. (2013). Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208014 on 2013-05-23
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