Tonna pennata

Tonna pennata
Five views of a shell of Tonna pennata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species:
T. pennata
Binomial name
Tonna pennata
(Mörch, 1853)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Buccinum maculosum Dillwyn, 1817
  • Dolium album Conrad, 1854
  • Dolium (Dolium) album (Conrad, 1854) (Recombination of synonym)
  • Dolium (Dolium) perdix pennata (Mörch, 1853) (Recombination)
  • Dolium pennatum Mörch, 1853
  • Dolium perdix occidentalis Mörch, 1877
  • Helix sulfurea Dall, 1889
  • Helix sulphurea C. B. Adams, 1849(Synonym – Not available)
  • Tonna (Tonna) maculosa (Dillwyn, 1817) (Recombination of synonym)
  • Tonna maculosa (Dillwyn, 1817) (Recombination of synonym)

Tonna pennata is a large species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2] Commonly known as the Atlantic partridge tun,[3] the species is a predator of animals much larger than itself, particularly sea cucumbers.

  1. ^ Mörch O. A. (1853). Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso D'Aguirra & Gadea, comes de Yoldi, regis Daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis Dannebrogici in prima classe & ordinis Caroli Tertii eques. Fasciculus primus. Cephalophora. Haec conchylia publica auctione calendis octobribus dividentur. L. Klein, Copenhague Vol. 1 (1852), 170 p. vol. 2, [IV] + 76 p. [post 1 aprile 1853].
  2. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Tonna pennata (Morch, 1852): Atlantic partridge tun". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 10 January 2021.