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 superseded combination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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207670 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., 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. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., 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. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | killer clamgiant clam | [details] |
| German | MördermuschelGroße Riesenmuschel | [details] |
| Japanese | オオシャコガイ | [details] |
| Turkish | dev deniz taragi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (434 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Giant Clam)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tridacna gigas)
To GenBank (5900 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To Malacopics (Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines)
To Malacopics (Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 024044)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (434 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Giant Clam)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tridacna gigas)
To GenBank (5900 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To Malacopics (Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines)
To Malacopics (Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 024044)
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