Subgenus Tridacna (Tridacna) Bruguière, 1797
Compiler and date details
2011 - Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi, generic information
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Tridacna Bruguière, J.G. 1797. Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique, Vers Testacees. Paris : Panckouke/Agasse pls 190-286. [pl. 235].
Type species:
Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy (Lamarck, 1799, Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, (1799): 117). - Tridachnes 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] [invalid: junior objective synonym of Tridacna].
Type species:
Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758 (Iredale, 1937, Australian Zoologist, 8(4): 236) by subsequent designation. - Tridacne 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].
- Tridacnodites Krüger, J.F. 1823. Geschichte der Urwelt. Leipzig : Quedlindberg. [464] [not a valid name under Art. 20: name formed by adding the suffix -ites to the genus name Tridacna].
Type species:
Tridacnodites gigas ('= Tridacna gigas (Linneaus)) by original designation. - Tridachne Dall, W.H. 1898. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the silex beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River, including in many cases a complete revision of the generic groups treated of and thier American Tertiary species. Part IV. I. Prionodesmacea: Nucula to Julia. 2. Teleodesmacea: Teredo to Ervilia. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia 3(4): 571-947, pls 23-35 [572] [emendation].
- Dinodacna Iredale,T. 1937. Middleton and Elizabeth Reef, South Pacific Ocean. The Australian Zoologist 8: 232-261 [238].
Type species:
Dinodacna cookiana Iredale, 1937 (= Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus)) by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rosewater, J. 1965. The Family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 347-408 [367]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Western 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)
General References
Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N594, fig. E90, no. 6]
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) |
| 23-Oct-2014 | BIVALVIA | 19-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 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) |
| 18-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED |