OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae 

Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas Linnaeus, 1758

Types

Primary Type: lectotype Secondary Type: paralectotype Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.691
"Museum Ulricae" at the University of Upsala lectotype M. Asiatico (Amboina, Moluccas)

References

 Rosewater, J. 1965. pl. 277 [ Photographs of the lectotype. ]  Illustration of type specimen

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tridacnoidea
                  Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819
                    Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
                      Tridacna (Tridacna) Bruguière, 1797
                        Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas Linnaeus, 1758
                          Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16968) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.