WoRMS name details
Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853
1596663 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1596663)
alternative representation
Subgenus
Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 (type by subsequent designation)
Chametrachea Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) costata Roa-Quiaoit, Kochzius, Jantzen, Zibdah & C. Richter, 2008 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosina Sturany, 1899 represented as Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) lorenzi K. Monsecour, 2016 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991 represented as Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 accepted as Tridacna (Tridacna) mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 represented as Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819 represented as Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) elongatissima Bianconi, 1856 represented as Tridacna elongatissima Bianconi, 1856
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) noae (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798)
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991 represented as Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819 represented as Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819
- Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosina Sturany, 1899 represented as Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Chametrachea Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1596663 on 2026-05-22
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(of Chametrachea Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 56 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 247 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 247 [details]
