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Tridacna Bruguière, 1797 
AphiaID: 205753

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Tridacninae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent monotypy)
Parent Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819
Synonymised
taxa		  Dinodacna Iredale, 1937
 Persikima Iredale, 1937
 Sepidacna Iredale, 1937
 Tridachnes Röding, 1798
 Tridacna (Chametrachea)
 Tridacna (Tridacna)
 Tridacne Link, 1807 (Incorrect subsequent spelling.)
 Vulgodacna Iredale, 1937
Sources  basis of record: Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at http://www.conchology.be/en/shelltopics/visaya-net/date.php?year=2005 [details]

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taxa
[hide all]		 Species Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819
Species Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
  » Variety Tridacna maxima var. fossor Hedley, 1921 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934
Species Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991
Species Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819
Species Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899

Subgenus Tridacna (Chametrachea) represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797 (alternate representation)
  » Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819 represented as Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 (alternate representation)
» Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (alternate representation)
» Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 represented as Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 (alternate representation)
» Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991 represented as Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991 (alternate representation)
» Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819 represented as Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819 (alternate representation)
» Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) costata Roa-Quiaoit, Kochzius, Jantzen, Zibdah, Richter, 2008 accepted as Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899
Subgenus Tridacna (Tridacna) represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797 (alternate representation)
  » Species Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) (alternate representation)

Species Tridacna acuticostata G. B. Sowerby III, 1912 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna aegyptiaca Chenu, 1845 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819
Species Tridacna compressa Reeve, 1862 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna cumingii Reeve, 1862 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819
Species Tridacna elongata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
  » Variety Tridacna elongata var. squamosina Sturany, 1899 accepted as Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899
Species Tridacna elongatissima Bianconi, 1856 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna ferruginea Reeve, 1862 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819
Species Tridacna fossor Hedley, 1921 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna glabra Link, 1807 accepted as Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna imbricata (Röding, 1798) accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna lamarcki Hidalgo, 1903 accepted as Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819
Species Tridacna lanceolata Sowerby II, 1884 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna mutica Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798) accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna obesa Sowerby III, 1899 accepted as Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna reevei Hidalgo, 1903 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna rudis Reeve, 1862 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna serrifera Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna tevoroa Lucas, Ledua & Braley, 1990 accepted as Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934
Species Tridacna troughtoni Iredale, 1927 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
Environment marine
Distribution Tanzania [details]
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205753
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2002-08-06 16:41:02Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-02-01 15:00:03Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2009-02-02 12:08:14Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
2012-11-27 13:59:14Z  changed  ter Poorten, Jan Johan
  
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  Citation: ter Poorten, J. (2013). Tridacna Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205753 on 2013-05-21
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