OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae
Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Tridacna gigas auct
Chametrachea scapha auct
Tridacnes maxima var. alpha Röding, 1798
Tridacna gigas Lamarck, 1801
Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819
Tridacna ferruginea Reeve, 1862
Tridacna cumingii Reeve, 1862
Tridacna lamarcki Hidalgo, 1903
Common Name
Boring Clam p.26 Lucas, J.S. 1988.
Crocus Clam p.390 Rosewater, J. 1965.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia Throughout Region
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.320
Keywords
habit: boring, infaunal [ Usually found deeply ensconced in coral pockets {Rosew1965x02}.
]
habitat: coral reef [ Lives on reef flats and coral heads in water from a few inches to several fathoms in depth {Rosew1965x02}. Encased in coral masses offshore {Lampr1992x60}
]
substrate: coral
References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.74 General reference
Lucas, J.S. 1988. p.21 General reference
Rosewater, J. 1965. p.390 General reference
Sharabati, D. 1984. pl. 46, figs. 6-6a Distribution
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tridacnoidea
Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819
Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853
Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16975) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-25.