original description
(of Tridacna (Chametrachea) costata Roa-Quiaoit, Kochzius, Jantzen, Zibdah & Richter, 2008) Richter, C.; Roa-Quiaoit, H.; Jantzen, C.; Al-Zibdah, M.; Kochzius, M. (2008). Collapse of a new living species of giant clam in the Red Sea. <em>Current Biology.</em> 18: 1349-1354., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.060 [details]
original description
(of Tridacna elongata var. squamosina Sturany, 1899) Sturany, R. (1901). Expedition S.M. Schiff “Pola” in das Rothe Meer, nördliche und südliche Hälfte. 1895/96 – 1897/98. Zoologische Ergebnisse XIV. Lamellibranchiaten des Rothen Meeres. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 69: 255–295, pl. 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27982689
page(s): 283-284; note: pre-prints were distributed in 1899 [details]
additional source
Fauvelot, C.; Zuccon, D.; Borsa, P.; Grulois, D.; Magalon, H.; Riquet, F.; Andréfouët, S.; Berumen, M. L.; Sinclair‐Taylor, T. H.; Gélin, P.; Behivoke, F.; Poorten, J. J. ter; Strong, E. E.; Bouchet, P. (2020). Phylogeographical patterns and a cryptic species provide new insights into Western Indian Ocean giant clams phylogenetic relationships and colonization history. <em>Journal of Biogeography.</em> 176: 104715., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13797 [details]
status source
Huber M. & Eschner A. (2011) <i>Tridacna (Chametrachea) costata</i> Roa-Quiaoit, Kochzius, Jantzen, Al-Zibdah & Richter from the Red Sea, a junior synonym of <i>Tridacna squamosina</i> Sturany, 1899 (Bivalvia, Tridacnidae). <i>Annalen des Naturhistorisches Museum Wien</i>, ser. B, 112: 153-162. [Published March 2011], available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_112B_0153-0162.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Yemen, Red Sea, Kamaran Isl., ca. 15°17‘N; 42°37’E, shallow water, Pola expedition, leg. F. Steindachner & F. Siebenrock, st. 43, 1-3 November 1897 [details]
Type material NHMW Moll. 107075, lectotype [details]