Pacific partridge tun
Tonna perdix
- Usual depth1–14 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, June, and September
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Tonna perdix, common name the partridge tun, is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Tonna perdix”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 8 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–14 m · Deepest record: 14 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Pacific partridge tun, Partridge tun, partridge tun
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Tauben-Fassschnecke
- Japanese
- ウズラガイ
Other scientific names: Buccinum perdix, Cadium perdix, Cadus coturnix, Cadus meleagris, Cadus perdix, Dolium (Dolium) perdix, Dolium pennatum, Dolium perdix, Dolium plumatum, Dolium rufum, Macgillivrayia pelagica, Perdix reticulatus, Tonna (Tonna) perdix
Similar species
- Giant tun
Tonna galea
- Costate tun
Tonna allium
- Banded tun
Tonna sulcosa
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 342 open-data records from 1758 to 2012.
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