WoRMS taxon details
Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
205753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205753)
accepted
Genus
Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent monotypy)
Chametrachea Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dinodacna Iredale, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Flodacna Iredale, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Persikima Iredale, 1937 · unaccepted
Sepidacna Iredale, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridachnes Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Tridacna (Chametrachea) Herrmannsen, 1846 · unaccepted (Not used as a valid name (ICZN...)
Not used as a valid name (ICZN Art. 11.5.2)
Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853 · alternative representation
Tridacna (Persikima) Iredale, 1937 · alternative representation
Tridacna (Tridacna) Bruguière, 1797 · alternative representation
Tridacne Link, 1807 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Incorrect subsequent spelling.)
Vulgodacna Iredale, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819
- Species Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798)
- Species Tridacna elongatissima Bianconi, 1856
- Species Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
- Species Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934
- Species Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798)
- Species Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991
- Species Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819
- Species Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899
- Subgenus Tridacna (Chametrachea) Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797 (Not used as a valid name (ICZN Art. 11.5.2))
- Species Tridacna acuticostata G. B. Sowerby III, 1912 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna compressa Reeve, 1862 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Species Tridacna costata Roa-Quiaoit, Kochzius, Jantzen, Zibdah & Richter, 2008 accepted as Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna cumingii Reeve, 1862 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819 represented as Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna detruncata Bianconi, 1869 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna elongata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna ferruginea Reeve, 1862 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819 represented as Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna fossor Hedley, 1921 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna glabra Link, 1807 accepted as Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna imbricata (Röding, 1798) accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna lamarcki Hidalgo, 1903 accepted as Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819 (synonym - pars)
- Species Tridacna lanceolata G. B. Sowerby II, 1884 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna lorenzi K. Monsecour, 2016 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991 represented as Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna mutica Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, pars)
- Species Tridacna ningaloo Penny & Willan, 2014 accepted as Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna obesa G. B. Sowerby III, 1899 accepted as Tridachnes derasa Röding, 1798 accepted as Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna reevei Hidalgo, 1903 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna rudis Reeve, 1862 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna serrifera Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna tevoroa Lucas, Ledua & Braley, 1990 accepted as Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna troughtoni Iredale, 1927 accepted as Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)
- Subgenus Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853 represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) costata Roa-Quiaoit, Kochzius, Jantzen, Zibdah & Richter, 2008 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosina Sturany, 1899 represented as Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) lorenzi K. Monsecour, 2016 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991 represented as Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 accepted as Tridacna (Tridacna) mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 represented as Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819 represented as Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) elongatissima Bianconi, 1856 represented as Tridacna elongatissima Bianconi, 1856
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) noae (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798)
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991 represented as Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819 represented as Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosina Sturany, 1899 represented as Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899
- Subgenus Tridacna (Persikima) Iredale, 1937 represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
- Species Tridacna (Persikima) derasa (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798)
- Subgenus Tridacna (Tridacna) Bruguière, 1797 represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
- Species Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Tridacna (Tridacna) mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 represented as Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). <i>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers</i>. Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): 150 [details]
page(s): 150 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tridacna Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205753 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). <i>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers</i>. Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): 150 [details]
original description (of Tridacna (Chametrachea) Herrmannsen, 1846) Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): 220 [details]
original description (of Persikima Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 237, pl. 15 [details]
original description (of Tridachnes Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Dinodacna Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 238, 261 [details]
original description (of Tridacne Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Vulgodacna Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 239 [details]
original description (of Sepidacna Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 239, 261 [details]
original description (of Flodacna Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 238, 261 [details]
original description (of Chametrachea Mörch, 1853) Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 56 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 246, 252 [details]
additional source Neo M.L., Wabnitz C.C.C., Braley R.D., Heslinga G.A., Fauvelot C., Van Wynsberge S., Andrefouet S., Waters C., Shau-Hwai Tan A., Gomez E.D., Costello M.J. & Todd P.A. (2017). Giant Clams (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae): A comprehensive update of species and their distribution, current threats and conservation status. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review.</em> 55: 87-388. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1945). <i>Tridacna</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 58(4): 144 [April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517379 [details]
page(s): 150 [details]
original description (of Tridacna (Chametrachea) Herrmannsen, 1846) Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): 220 [details]
original description (of Persikima Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 237, pl. 15 [details]
original description (of Tridachnes Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Dinodacna Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 238, 261 [details]
original description (of Tridacne Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Vulgodacna Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 239 [details]
original description (of Sepidacna Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 239, 261 [details]
original description (of Flodacna Iredale, 1937) Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 238, 261 [details]
original description (of Chametrachea Mörch, 1853) Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 56 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 246, 252 [details]
additional source Neo M.L., Wabnitz C.C.C., Braley R.D., Heslinga G.A., Fauvelot C., Van Wynsberge S., Andrefouet S., Waters C., Shau-Hwai Tan A., Gomez E.D., Costello M.J. & Todd P.A. (2017). Giant Clams (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae): A comprehensive update of species and their distribution, current threats and conservation status. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review.</em> 55: 87-388. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bartsch, P. (1945). <i>Tridacna</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 58(4): 144 [April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517379 [details]
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