WoRMS taxon details
Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 382197
AphiaID: 382197
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Cardioidea (Superfamily) > Cardiidae (Family) > Tridacninae (Subfamily) > Tridacna (Genus) > Tridacna (Tridacna) (Subgenus) |
| Status | alternate representation | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Tridacna Bruguière, 1797 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Tridacna (Tridacna) represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Dinodacna cookiana Iredale, 1937 | ||||||||||
| Source |
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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Thailand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Pacific [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) | ||||||||||
| Note |
Length: L 200-1500 mm [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382197 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; ter Poorten, J. (2013). Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382197 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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