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Bivalvia Veneroida Tridacnidae 

Tridacna acuticostata Sowerby, 1912

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima Röding, 1798

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype [] Sowerby, G.B.(3rd) 1912. p.30, fig. (p. 31)
BMNH holotype Philippines

Keywords

Original Epithet:  acuticostata
Original Text Name:  Tridacna acuticostata Sowerby, 1912
Original Genus:  Tridacna

References

 Rosewater, J. 1965. p. 290, figs. 3-5 [ Photographs of holotype. ]  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 acuticostata Sowerby, 1912

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=33778) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.