WoRMS name details
Macgillivrayia Forbes, 1852
576818 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:576818)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Macgillivrayia pelagica Forbes, 1852 accepted as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
- Species Macgillivrayia echinata A. Adams, 1857 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Macgillivrayia perspicua A. Adams, 1861 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Macgillivrayia setigera A. Adams, 1857 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Macgillivrayia spinigera A. Adams, 1852 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Macgillivrayia straminea A. Adams, 1854 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Macgillivrayia pelagica Forbes, 1852 accepted as Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
marine
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): 383 [details]
page(s): 383 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Macgillivrayia Forbes, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576818 on 2026-01-24
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 383 [details]
basis of record Turner, R. D. (1948). The family Tonnidae in the Western Atlantic. <i>Johnsonia</i>, 2(26): 165-192, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41155862 [details]
page(s): 383 [details]
basis of record Turner, R. D. (1948). The family Tonnidae in the Western Atlantic. <i>Johnsonia</i>, 2(26): 165-192, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41155862 [details]
Other
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
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. (2005). Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 130: 1-186.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. (2005). Neogene fossil tonnoidean gastropods of Indonesia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 130: 1-186.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors
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