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Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae 

Tridacna elongata Lamarck, 1819

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima Röding, 1798

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Lamarck, J.B.P. de M. 1819. p.106
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva lectotype Indian Ocean

Keywords

Original Epithet:  elongata
Original Text Name:  Tridacna elongata Lamarck, 1819
Original Genus:  Tridacna

References

 Rosewater, J. 1965. pl. 289, figs. 1-3 [ Photographs of the lectotype. ]  Illustration of type specimen

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tridacnoidea
                  Tridacnidae Lamarck, 1819
                    Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
                      Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853
                        Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima Röding, 1798
                          Tridacna elongata Lamarck, 1819

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=33775) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.