original description
(of Buccinum perdix Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 734 [details] Available for editors
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original description
(of Dolium plumatum Green, 1830) Green, J. (1830) The Dolia of the United States <i>Transactions of the Albany Institute</i>, New York, <b>1:</b> pp. 131-133
page(s): 132 [details]
basis of record
Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
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). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source
Cernohorsky, W.O. (1972a) Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
page(s): 112 [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 <i>Tonna zonatum</i> (PROSOBRANCHIA: TONNOIDEA) Feeding on Holothurians in Hong Kong. J. Moll. Stud. (1991), 57, 11-19. [details]
additional source
Barnard K.H., 1963. Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <i>Annals of the South African Museum</i>, 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 7 [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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. (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]
ecology source
Vos, C. (2008) Tonnidae. <i>in</i> 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. <i>Conchbooks, Hackenheim</i>. 564 pp.
page(s): 138 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diet 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]
Type designation Lectotype designated by Beu, 2005 as the larger of the two specimens preserved in LSL, London. [details]From other sources
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]
Synonymy Buccinum perdix pennatum Martini, 1777 treated as non-binominal synonym of Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) [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]
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 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 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]