Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tridacnes imbricata α Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [172, no. 191] [invalid name; refers to Chemnitz vol. 7, figs. 492-493].
• Tridacne imbricata Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [153] [invalid name; in part, non Röding, 1798].
• Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [106].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Indian Ocean (Amboina, Moluccas).
• Tridacna elongatissima Bianconi, G.G. 1856. Specimina Zoologica Mosambicana. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 7: 403-412, pls 23-25 [408, pl. 25, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Mozambique.
• Tridacna lamarcki Hidalgo, J.G. 1903. Obras malacologicas. Parte 1. Estudios preliminares sobre la fauna malacologica de las Islas Filipinas. Tomo 2. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales de Madrid 21: 1-400 [385] [in part].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Mindoro, Cebu, Mindanao, Paragua (Palawan).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [74, pl. 35, fig. 234]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, coral reef, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

25.5 m. Byssally attached to coral. Usually in somewhat protected localities, in reef moats, Offshore reefs.

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [311, CD: line 10483] (as Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819)

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [74, pl. 35, fig. 234]

Lucas, J.S. 1988. Giant clams: description, distribution and life history. pp. 21-32 in Copland, J.W. & Lucas, J.S. (eds). Giant Clams in Asia and the Pacific. Canberra : ACIAR. [24]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [128]

Rosewater, J. 1965. The Family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 347-408 [380]

Sharabati, D. 1984. Red Sea Shells. London : KPI Limited 128 pp. [pl. 46, figs 7-7a]

ter Poorten, J., Bouchet, P. & Rosenberg, G. 2014. Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207674 (Accessed on 2015-02-06)

 

Common Name References

Rosewater, J. 1965. The Family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 347-408 [380] (Fluted Clam, Scaly Clam)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Apr-2018	BIVALVIA	15-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	TRIDACNOIDEA	18-Sep-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		01-Jul-2011	MODIFIED