WoRMS taxon details

Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)

207670  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207670)

accepted
Species
Chama gigantea G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dinodacna cookiana Iredale, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(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  PDF available [request] 
Note ‘In M. Asiatico’ (Asian Seas), restricted...  
Type locality ‘In M. Asiatico’ (Asian Seas), restricted to Indonesia, Ambon (Rosewater, 1965: 374) [details]
Type material UU (Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden), lectotype (designated by Rosewater, 1965: 374, pl. 277 figs 1-2) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207670 on 2024-03-29
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
2002-08-06 16:41:02Z
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2010-09-23 10:34:21Z
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2011-03-07 20:34:22Z
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2014-11-30 11:34:08Z
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2022-08-08 17:50:24Z
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original description  (of Chama gigantea G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): 1 [details]   

original description  (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  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Dinodacna cookiana 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 [details]   

basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. <i>Faune des colonies françaises</i>, 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS[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  PDF available [request] 

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1930). The giant clam (<i>Tridacna gigas</i>). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 43(4): 141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515195
page(s): 141 [details]   

additional source Trevor, W. W. (1941). <i>Tridacna gigas</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 54(1): 107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519266 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Type locality ‘In M. Asiatico’ (Asian Seas), restricted to Indonesia, Ambon (Rosewater, 1965: 374) [details]

Type material UU (Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden), lectotype (designated by Rosewater, 1965: 374, pl. 277 figs 1-2) [details]
LanguageName 
English killer clamgiant clam  [details]
German MördermuschelGroße Riesenmuschel  [details]
Japanese オオシャコガイ  [details]
Turkish dev deniz taragi  [details]