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 Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia Throughout Region
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania Throughout Region
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
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.