original description
Mörch, O. A. L. (1877). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis Insularum danicarum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 24: 14-66, 93-123., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854685
page(s): p. 42-43. [details]
basis of record
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): 72 [details]
additional source
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
page(s): 169 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Mörch never intended to use the word "occidentalis" in a subspecific sense, only as a geographic designation for the Western Atlantic area (fide Turner, 1948). The designation Dolium perdix occidentalis was later used by Martens (1878:35). [details]