African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Tridacna Bruguière, 1797

Tridacna gigas

AphiaID

205753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205753)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819

Orig. name

Tridacna Bruguière, 1797

Synonymised names

Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853 · alternative representation

Tridacna (Chametrachea) Herrmannsen, 1846 · unaccepted (Not used as a valid name (ICZN...)

Not used as a valid name (ICZN Art. 11.5.2)

Direct children (12)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819
Species Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798)
Species Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819
Subgenus Tridacna (Chametrachea) Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797 (Not used as a valid name (ICZN Art. 11.5.2))
Species Tridacna elongata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Tridacna mutica Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (synonym - pars)
Subgenus Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853 represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
1. Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819 represented as Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819
2. Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
3. Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819 represented as Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): 150 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tridacna Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205753 on 2024-04-20

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Tridacna Bruguière, 1797. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205753 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2002-08-06 16:41:02Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-02-01 15:00:03Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2009-02-02 12:08:14Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2012-11-27 13:59:14Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2014-11-29 08:25:09Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2018-07-31 14:18:48Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-26 12:25:39Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

[taxonomic tree]

original description Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): 150 [details]

original description (of Tridacna (Chametrachea) Herrmannsen, 1846) Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): 220 [details]

original description (of Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853) Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). 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, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 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, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]

additional source Neo M.L., Wabnitz C.C.C., Braley R.D., Heslinga G.A., Fauvelot C., Van Wynsberge S., Andrefouet S., Waters C., Shau-Hwai Tan A., Gomez E.D., Costello M.J. & Todd P.A. (2017). Giant Clams (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae): A comprehensive update of species and their distribution, current threats and conservation status. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. 55: 87-388. [details] Available for editors

additional source Bartsch, P. (1945). Tridacna. The Nautilus. 58(4): 144 [April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517379 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank

From editor or global species database

Tridacna gigas

Image from typetaxon

Tridacna gigas

Image from typetaxon