Species Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chama gigas Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [691].

  Type data:

   Lectotype M. Asiatico (Amboina, Moluccas).
• 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] [in part].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Indian Ocean.
• 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] [in part].
• Camus gigantus Bournon, J.L. de 1808. Traité complet de la chaux carbonatée et de l'arragonite, auquel on a joint une Introduction à la minéralogie en general, une théorie de la cristallisation. London : De L'Imprimerie De William Phillips Vol. 1. [325] [nomen nudum].
• Chama gigantea Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [2].
• Tridacna mutica Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [106] [in part].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, l'Ocean des grandes Indes.
• 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, not Linnaeus].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Mindoro, Cebu, Mindanao and Paragua Islands.
• Dinodacna cookiana Iredale, T. 1937. Mollusca. pp. 232-261, pls 15-17 in Whitley, G.P. The Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs South Pacific Ocean. The Australian Zoologist 8: 232-261 [Date published 12 March] [238].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Gilbert Islands.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [74, pl. 35, fig. 233]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central to 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

Benthic, coral reef, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

3-19.5m.

 

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, CD: line 10464] (as Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758))

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [74, pl. 35, fig. 233]

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. [22]

Rosewater, J. 1965. The Family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 347-408 [369]

ter Poorten, J., Bouchet, P. & Huber, M. 2014. Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207670 (Accessed on 2015-02-09)

 

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. [22] (Giant 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)
		14-Jul-2011	MODIFIED