WoRMS name details
Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
382197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382197)
alternative representation
Species
Tridacna (Tridacna) Bruguière, 1797 represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382197 on 2024-11-21
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(of Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Tan, E. Y. W.; Quek, Z. B. R.; Neo, M. L.; Fauvelot, C.; Huang, D. (2021). Genome skimming resolves the giant clam (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae) tree of life. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-02039-w [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 252 [details]
[request]basis of record Tan, E. Y. W.; Quek, Z. B. R.; Neo, M. L.; Fauvelot, C.; Huang, D. (2021). Genome skimming resolves the giant clam (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae) tree of life. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-02039-w [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 252 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Length L 200-1500 mm [details]
