WoRMS taxon details
Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)
208014 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208014)
accepted
Species
Buccinum perdix Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Cadium perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cadus coturnix Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cadus meleagris Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cadus perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Dolium (Dolium) perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Dolium (Dolium) perdix var. rufa (Blainville, 1829) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Dolium pennatum Schröter, 1788 · unaccepted (Unavailable under Direction 1 as...)
Unavailable under Direction 1 as name register to non-binominal work
Dolium perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Dolium perdix var. rufa Blainville, 1829 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Dolium plumatum Green, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dolium rufum Blainville, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Macgillivrayia pelagica Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Perdix reticulatus Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted (Unnecessary substitute name for...)
Unnecessary substitute name for Buccinum perdix
Tonna (Tonna) perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (Recombination)
Tonna perdix var. rufa (Blainville, 1829) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Forma Tonna perdix f. paucimaculata Bozzetti, 2010 accepted as Tonna bozzettii T. Cossignani, 2021 (unavailable name: established at infrasubspecific rank)
- Variety Tonna perdix var. rufa (Blainville, 1829) accepted as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Buccinum perdix Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Lectotype LSL "378"
Lectotype LSL "378" [details]
Description As T. canaliculata, but shell less inflated, columella much reduced, up to 15 cm. Colour pale to dark brown, mottled with...
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) was referred to by that name by (a. o.): Hedley (1916:196;...
Taxonomy Vos (2007:70) treated Dolium perdix ventricosior Menke, 1829 (nomen nudum) as synonym for Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna dunkeri (Hanley, 1860) was referred to as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) by D. &...
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853) was referred to as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus,1758) through...
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]
Taxonomy The species currently referred to as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) was referred to by that name by (a. o.): Hedley (1916:196;...
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)
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. &...
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...
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208014 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum perdix Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 734 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Dolium pennatum Schröter, 1788) Schröter, J. S. (1788). Vollständiges alphabetisches Namen-Register über alle zehn Bände des, von dem seel. Herrn D. Martini in Berlin angefangenen, und vom Herrn Pastor Chemnitz in Copenhagen fortgesetzten und vollendeten systematischen Conchylien-Cabinets. Raspe, pp. [1-3], 1-124. Nürnberg., available online at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=4224 [details]
original description (of Cadus coturnix Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 150, n. 1883. [details]
original description (of Cadus meleagris Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 150, n. 1882. [details]
original description (of Perdix reticulatus Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 447. [details]
original description (of Dolium rufum Blainville, 1829) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1829). Tonne, <i>Dolium</i> (Conchyl.). pp. 500-504. in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 54. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25317749
page(s): p. 503. [details]
original description (of Dolium plumatum Green, 1830) Green, J. (1830). The Dolia of the United States. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute, New York.</em> 1: 131-133., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45146203
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Macgillivrayia pelagica Forbes, 1852) Forbes, E. (1852). On the Mollusca collected by Mr MacGillivray during the voyage of the Rattlesnake. <em>In: MacGillivray J. (ed.). Narrative of the voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, during the years 1846-1850, volume 2 . London: T. & W. Boone. 395 pp.</em> Pp. 360-386, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38053940
page(s): p. 385. [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 734 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Dolium pennatum Schröter, 1788) Schröter, J. S. (1788). Vollständiges alphabetisches Namen-Register über alle zehn Bände des, von dem seel. Herrn D. Martini in Berlin angefangenen, und vom Herrn Pastor Chemnitz in Copenhagen fortgesetzten und vollendeten systematischen Conchylien-Cabinets. Raspe, pp. [1-3], 1-124. Nürnberg., available online at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=4224 [details]
original description (of Cadus coturnix Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 150, n. 1883. [details]
original description (of Cadus meleagris Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): p. 150, n. 1882. [details]
original description (of Perdix reticulatus Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 447. [details]
original description (of Dolium rufum Blainville, 1829) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1829). Tonne, <i>Dolium</i> (Conchyl.). pp. 500-504. in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 54. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25317749
page(s): p. 503. [details]
original description (of Dolium plumatum Green, 1830) Green, J. (1830). The Dolia of the United States. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute, New York.</em> 1: 131-133., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45146203
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Macgillivrayia pelagica Forbes, 1852) Forbes, E. (1852). On the Mollusca collected by Mr MacGillivray during the voyage of the Rattlesnake. <em>In: MacGillivray J. (ed.). Narrative of the voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, during the years 1846-1850, volume 2 . London: T. & W. Boone. 395 pp.</em> Pp. 360-386, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38053940
page(s): p. 385. [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
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. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 52(1-2): 22-53, pls. 1-9.
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp.
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
ecology source Vos, C. (2013). Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 52(1-2): 22-53, pls. 1-9.
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors
[request]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. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp.
page(s): 138 [details]
Other
additional source
Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (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. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
page(s): 112 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 70. [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. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 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 [request]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 68 [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. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp.
page(s): 112 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 70. [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. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 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
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 68 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype LSL "378" [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]
Unreviewed
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 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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | partridge tunPacific partridge tun | [details] |
| German | Tauben-Fassschnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | ウズラガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tonna perdix)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, Bohol, ex coll. J. Traus...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tonna perdix)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, Bohol, ex coll. J. Traus...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
