MolluscaBase name details
original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1899). Description of <i>Tridacna obesa</i>, n.sp., from the Philippines. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 3: 210-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075563
page(s): 210-211 [details]
source of synonymy
Rosewater, J. (1965). The family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. <i>Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(6)</i>: 347-408 (look up in IMIS) [details]