OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae 

Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853
   (Chametrachaea) H. and A. Adams, 1857
   (Flodacna) Iredale, 1937
   (Sepidacna) Iredale, 1937
   (Vulgodacna) Iredale, 1937

Included taxa

   Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima Röding, 1798
   Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819
   Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819
   Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia Throughout Region
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania Throughout Region
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania

Keywords

habit: boring, infaunal 
substrate: coral 

References

 Rosewater, J. 1965. p.379 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tridacnoidea
                  Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819
                    Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
                      Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16970) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.