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WoRMS taxon detailsTridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
207675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207675)
accepted
Species
Tridachnes maxima Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) · alternative representation
Tridacna acuticostata G. B. Sowerby III, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacna compressa Reeve, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Tridacna detruncata Bianconi, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacna elongata Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacna fossor Hedley, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacna imbricata (Röding, 1798) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacna lanceolata G. B. Sowerby II, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacna maxima var. fossor Hedley, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacna mutica Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (pars)
Tridacna reevei Hidalgo, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacna rudis Reeve, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine,
recent + fossil
(of Tridachnes maxima Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 177 [details]
Note Not given, designated ‘Mauritius’...
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207675 on 2025-05-11
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Tridacna elongata Lamarck, 1819) 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 mutica Lamarck, 1819) 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): 106-107 [details] original description (of Tridacna rudis 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. 4, pl. 5 figs 4a-c [details] original description (of Tridacna compressa 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. 5, pl. 6, fig. 5; pl. 7 figs 5b-c [details] original description (of Tridacna lanceolata G. B. Sowerby II, 1884) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1884). Monograph of the genera <i>Tridacna</i> and <i>Hippopus</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 5 (41-42): 179-182, pl. 485-489, 489*. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085170 page(s): 181-182, pl. 489* fig. 19 [18] [details] original description (of Tridacna reevei Hidalgo, 1903) Hidalgo, J. G. (1890–1901). Obras malacológicas. Parte I. Estudios preliminares sobre la fauna malacológica de las Islas Filipinas. <em>Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de Madrid, Madrid, 632 pp.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40478319 page(s): 389-390 [details] original description (of Tridacna acuticostata G. B. Sowerby III, 1912) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1912). Notes on the shells of <i>Tridacna</i>, and description of a new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society.</em> 10(1): 29-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15236982 page(s): 30-31, text-fig. [details] original description (of Tridacna maxima var. fossor Hedley, 1921) Hedley, C. (1921). A revision of the Australian <i>Tridacna</i>. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 13 (4): 163-172, pls 27-34., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/hedley-1921-rec-aust-mus-134-163172/ page(s): 171, pl. 29 fig. 6; pl. 30 fig. 7; pl. 33 fig. 11 [details] original description (of Tridachnes maxima Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 page(s): 177 [details] original description (of Tridacna detruncata Bianconi, 1869) Bianconi, G. G. (1869). [Specimina zoologica Mosambicana] Rendiconto dell'adunanza del 25 Febbraio 1869. <em>Rendiconto delle Sessioni dell'Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna.</em> 1868-1869: 54-55., available online at https://books.google.it/books?id=sW5EAQAAMAAJ&hl=it&pg=RA3-PA54 page(s): 55 [details] basis of record Bonfitto A., Sabelli B., Tommasini S. & Herbert D. (1994). Marine molluscan taxa from Mozambique described by G.G. Bianconi and preserved in the Zoological Museum of the Univerity of Bologna. Annals of the Natal Museum 35:133-138. , available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/AJA03040798_235 [details] Available for editors  [request]Othercontext source (HKRMS)
Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [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 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]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Not given, designated ‘Mauritius’ (Rosewater, 1965: 389) [details]Type material Lectotype selected by Rosewater (1965: 389): Chemnitz, 1784: pl. 49 fig. 495 [details]
To Barcode of Life (243 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tridacna fossor Hedley, 1921) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Tridacna mutica Lamarck, 1819) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tridacna maxima) To Fishipedia To GenBank (1621 nucleotides; 978 proteins) To GenBank (1621 nucleotides; 978 proteins) (from synonym Tridachnes maxima Röding, 1798) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To Malacopics (Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Lovina Beach, collec... To Malacopics (Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)) To Malacopics (Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection |
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