MolluscaBase taxon details
Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819
207674 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207674)
accepted
Species
Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819 · alternative representation
Tridacna lamarcki Hidalgo, 1903 · unaccepted (synonym - pars)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 106 [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
Note ‘l’Océan indien’ (Indian Ocean),...
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207674 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Tridacna lamarcki Hidalgo, 1903) Hidalgo, J. G. (1890–1901). Obras malacológicas. Parte I. Estudios preliminares sobre la fauna malacológica de las Islas Filipinas. <em>Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de Madrid, Madrid, 632 pp.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40478319
page(s): 385-386 [details]
additional source Rosewater, J. (1965). The family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. <i>Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(6)</i>: 347-408 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 222. [details]
additional source Poorten, J.J. ter, 2009. The Cardiidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 Deep-Sea Cruise with descriptions of four new species (Bivalvia). <i>Vita Malacologica</i> 8: 9-96 [21 November 2009] . Available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850, available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 153 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Branch, G.M., Griffiths, C.L., Branch, M.L. & Beckley, L.E. (2010). Two Oceans. A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. Revised edition. David Philip: Cape Town.
page(s): 152. [details]
additional source Sinclair, W. F. (1893). Single valve of <i>Tridacna squamosa</i>, the great scaly clam, from Tanna Creek. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 8: 325., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30402997 [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Tridacna lamarcki Hidalgo, 1903) Hidalgo, J. G. (1890–1901). Obras malacológicas. Parte I. Estudios preliminares sobre la fauna malacológica de las Islas Filipinas. <em>Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de Madrid, Madrid, 632 pp.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40478319
page(s): 385-386 [details]
additional source Rosewater, J. (1965). The family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. <i>Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(6)</i>: 347-408 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 222. [details]
additional source Poorten, J.J. ter, 2009. The Cardiidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 Deep-Sea Cruise with descriptions of four new species (Bivalvia). <i>Vita Malacologica</i> 8: 9-96 [21 November 2009] . Available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850, available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 153 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Branch, G.M., Griffiths, C.L., Branch, M.L. & Beckley, L.E. (2010). Two Oceans. A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. Revised edition. David Philip: Cape Town.
page(s): 152. [details]
additional source Sinclair, W. F. (1893). Single valve of <i>Tridacna squamosa</i>, the great scaly clam, from Tanna Creek. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 8: 325., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30402997 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality ‘l’Océan indien’ (Indian Ocean), restricted to Ambon, Indonesia (Rosewater, 1965: 382) [details]Type material Unknown: not present in MNHN nor in MHNG (Rosewater, 1965: 382); lectotype (Rumphius, 1705: pl. 43 [42], fig. A) designated by Rosewater (1965: 382) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | giant clamfluted giant clam | [details] |
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Giant Clam)
To Malacopics (Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819)
To Malacopics (Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877003 Exterior)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877003 Interior)
To Malacopics (Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819)
To Malacopics (Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877003 Exterior)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877003 Interior)
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