WoRMS taxon details
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 [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 [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]
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]
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