OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae
Tridacna (Persikima) derasa Röding, 1798
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Tridachnes derasa Röding, 1798
Tridacne glabra Link, 1807
Tridacna serrifera Lamarck, 1819
Tridacna obesa Sowerby, 1899
Persikima whitleyi Iredale, 1937
Common Name
Smooth Giant Clam p.23 Lucas, J.S. 1988.
Giant Clam p.321 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
western Micronesia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Cocos-Keeling
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Sulu Sea
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.320
Keywords
habitat: coral reef [ Lives on the outer edges of barrier reefs and in coral atoll lagoons; usually unattched {Rosew1965x02}. Outer edges of coral reefs {Lampr1992x60}
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References
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.74 General reference
Lucas, J.S. 1988. p.23 General reference
Rosewater, J. 1965. p.375 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Loboconcha
Bivalvia
Heterodonta
Veneroida
Tridacnoidea
Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819
Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
Tridacna (Persikima) Iredale, 1937
Tridacna (Persikima) derasa Röding, 1798
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16986) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-12.