WoRMS taxon details
Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819
207673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207673)
accepted
Species
Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819 · alternative representation
Tridacna cumingii Reeve, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacna ferruginea Reeve, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 106 [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207673 on 2026-10-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 106 [details]
original description (of Tridacna ferruginea Reeve, 1862) Reeve, L. A. (1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Tridacna</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: pl. 1-8, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972001
page(s): sp. 8, pl. 8 figs 8a-b [details]
original description (of Tridacna cumingii Reeve, 1862) Reeve, L. A. (1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Tridacna</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: pl. 1-8, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972001
page(s): sp. 7, pl. 7 fig. 7a [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): 106 [details]
original description (of Tridacna ferruginea Reeve, 1862) Reeve, L. A. (1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Tridacna</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: pl. 1-8, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972001
page(s): sp. 8, pl. 8 figs 8a-b [details]
original description (of Tridacna cumingii Reeve, 1862) Reeve, L. A. (1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Tridacna</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: pl. 1-8, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972001
page(s): sp. 7, pl. 7 fig. 7a [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
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 
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additional source Poorten, J.J. ter, 2009. The Cardiidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 Deep-Sea Cruise with descriptions of four new species (Bivalvia). <i>Vita Malacologica</i> 8: 9-96 [21 November 2009] . Available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850, available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850 [details]
subsequent type designation 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
page(s): 236 [details]
[request]additional source Poorten, J.J. ter, 2009. The Cardiidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 Deep-Sea Cruise with descriptions of four new species (Bivalvia). <i>Vita Malacologica</i> 8: 9-96 [21 November 2009] . Available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850, available online at http://dare.uva.nl/record/340850 [details]
subsequent type designation 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
page(s): 236 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality ‘l’Océan indien’ (Indian Ocean), restricted to the Philippines (Rosewater, 1965: 393) [details]Type material MHNG, lectotype (designated by Rosewater, 1965: 392, pl. 292 figs 1-3) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | saffron-coloured clamcrocus giant clamcrocus clamboring clam | [details] |
| German | Krokus-RiesenmuschelEingewachsene RiesenmuschelBohrende Riesenmuschel | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒメシャコガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (165 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tridacna crocea)
To GenBank (4730 nucleotides; 1203 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 Philippines)
To Malacopics (Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 Philippines)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tridacna crocea)
To GenBank (4730 nucleotides; 1203 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 Philippines)
To Malacopics (Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 Philippines)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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