Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819

HKRMS taxon details

Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819

AphiaID

382150 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382150)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819

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Genus Tridacna Bruguière, 1797

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 103 [details]

(of ) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 102, 103; note: original spelling "Les Tridacnées" (vernacular). [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382150 on 2026-02-16

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382150 on 2026-02-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-02-01 15:00:03Z

created

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-03-24 10:05:37Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-03-07 20:34:22Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-26 12:25:39Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2024-10-12 14:39:58Z

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Schneider, Simon

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original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 103 [details]

original description (of ) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 102, 103; note: original spelling "Les Tridacnées" (vernacular). [details]

basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 244-271 [details]

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201 [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/b21944-5 [details] Available for editors

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tridacninae)
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