Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae

Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Tridacna squamoza auct
   Tridacna rudis auct.
   Tridacna imbricata var. alpha R�ding, 1798
   Tridacne imbricata Link, 1807
   Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819
   Tridacna elongatissima Bianconi, 1856
   Tridacna lamarcki Hidalgo, 1903

Common Name

Fluted Clam p.380 Rosewater, J. 1965.
Scaly Clam p.380 Rosewater, J. 1965.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf
depth: continental slope
habitat: coral reef [ On the surface of coral reefs, usually in somewhat protected localities, in reef moats . Offshore reefs ]
substrate: coral Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.128

References

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.74 General reference
Lucas, J.S. 1988. p.24 General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.128 General reference
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.128 Biology and ecology
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.128 Distribution
Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.128 Anatomy
Rosewater, J. 1965. p.380 [ ] General reference
Sharabati, D. 1984. pl. 46, figs 7-7a Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tridacnoidea
                  Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819
                    Tridacna Brugui�re, 1797
                      Tridacna (Chametrachea) M�rch, 1853
                        Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16971) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-25.