OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae 

Tridacna Bruguière, 1797

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tridacna Bruguière, 1797

Included taxa

   Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Tridacna (Tridacna) Bruguière, 1797
   Tridacna (Flodacna) maxima (RÖDING, 1798)
   Tridacna (Persikima) derasa (RÖDING, 1798)
   Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea LAMARCK, 1819 in 1815-22
   Tridacna (Flodacna) squamosa LAMARCK, 1819 in 1815-22
   Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853
   Tridacna (Persikima) Iredale, 1937

Distribution

Confined to the Indo-Pacific {Rosew1965x02}.

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast

Keywords

habitat: coral reef [ Always being located on or near reef-forming corals . ]

References

 Rosewater, J. 1965. p.367 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tridacnoidea
                  Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819
                    Tridacna Bruguière, 1797

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16965) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.