Tridacna maxima

Tridacna maxima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cardioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Heterodonta Ordo: Veneroida Superfamilia: Cardioidea

Familia: Cardiidae
Subfamilia: Tridacninae
Genus: Tridacna
Subgenus: Tridacna (Chametrachea)
Species: Tridacna maxima

Name

Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)

Synonymy

• Tridacna acuticostata Sowerby III, 1912
• Tridacna elongata Lamarck, 1819
• Tridacna elongatissima Bianconi, 1856
• Tridacna fossor Hedley, 1921
• Tridacna troughtoni Iredale, 1927
• Tridachnes maxima Röding, 1798

References

Primary references

• Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Tridacna maxima in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

• English: Maxima clam
• polski: Przydacznia niebieska
• 中文: 长砗磲

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