Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck, 1819

• Tridacnes maxima 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] [171, no. 185] [invalid name; refers to Chemnitz, vol. 7, pl. 49, fig. 496].
• Tridacna gigas Lamarck, J.B. 1801. Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou, tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaus; présentant leurs caractères essentials et leur distribution, d'après la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; précéde du Discours d'ouverture de l'an VIII de la République. Paris : Déterville viii 432 pp. [117] [invalid name; in part, refers to Rumphius, 1741 ed., pl. 43, fig. B; to Gualtieri, pl. 92, fig. A, and others' 1819, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vetrèbres, vol. 6 (1), p. 105 (l'Océan indien) (part); refers to Favanne, pl. 51, fig. B4, and others].
• Tridacna crocea 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 (Philippines).
• Tridacna ferruginea Reeve, L.A. 1862. Monograph of the genus Tridacna. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 14. [pl. 8, fig. 8a, b].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Philippines.
• Tridacna cumingii Reeve, L.A. 1862. Monograph of the genus Tridacna. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 14. [pl. 7, fig. 7a] [in part].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Philippine Islands.
• 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. New name for T. gigas Lamarck].

  Type data:

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

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rosewater, J. 1965. The Family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 347-408 [390-393] (See reference for complete synonymy)

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea 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. 235]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

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

Borer, coral, marine, reef flats.

Extra Ecological Information

11.5 m. Usually found deeply ensconced in coral pockets, byssally attached.

 

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. [310-311, CD: line 10455]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [74, pl. 35, fig. 235]

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. [21]

Rosewater, J. 1965. The Family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 347-408 [390]

Sharabati, D. 1984. Red Sea Shells. London : KPI Limited 128 pp. [pl. 46, figs 6-6a]

ter Poorten, J., Bouchet, P. & Rosenberg, G. 2014. Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207673 (Accessed on 2015-02-06)

 

Common Name References

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. [26] (Boring Clam)

Rosewater, J. 1965. The Family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 347-408 [390] (Crocus 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