original description
(of Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934) Ladd, H. S. (1934). Geology of Viti Levu, Fiji. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 119: 1-263.
page(s): 185, pl. 31 figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record
Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]
additional source
Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Newman W.A. & Gomez E.D. (2002). On the status of giant clams, relics of Tethys (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Tridacninae). <em>Proceedings 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia 23-27 October 2000.</em> 2: 1-11. [details]
From editor or global species database
Length L 500 mm [details]