OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae 

Tridacna Brugui�re, 1797

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tridacna Brugui�re, 1797

Included taxa

   Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Tridacna (Tridacna) Brugui�re, 1797
   Tridacna (Flodacna) maxima (R�DING, 1798)
   Tridacna (Persikima) derasa (R�DING, 1798)
   Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea LAMARCK, 1819 in 1815-22
   Tridacna (Flodacna) squamosa LAMARCK, 1819 in 1815-22
   Tridacna (Chametrachea) M�rch, 1853
   Tridacna (Persikima) Iredale, 1937

Distribution

Confined to the Indo-Pacific {Rosew1965x02}.

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast

Keywords

habitat: coral reef [ Always being located on or near reef-forming corals . ]

References

 Rosewater, J. 1965. p.367 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tridacnoidea
                  Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819
                    Tridacna Brugui�re, 1797

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16965) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.