Species Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798)
Burrowing Clam, Elongate Giant Clam, Elongate Myadora, Great Clam, Rugose Giant Clam
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Tridachnes maxima 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. 184].
Type data:
Lectotype Mauritius. - Tridachnes imbricata 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. 190].
- Tridacne maxima 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].
- 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].
- Tridacna elongata 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. - 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, Indian Ocean. - Tridacna rudis 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. 5, fig. 4a, b, c].
Type data:
Status unknown, Philippine Islands. - 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. 7b].
Type data:
Status unknown, Philippine Islands. - Tridacna compressa 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. 6, fig. 5; pl. 7, fig. 5b].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, (Philippines designated). - Tridacna lanceolata Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1884. Monograph of the genera Tridacna and Hippopus. 179-182, pls 1-6 in Sowerby, G.B. 2nd (ed.). Thesaurus conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 5. [181] [Tridacna, pl. 6, fig. 19 (18)].
Type data:
Status unknown, Philippines. - Tridacna reevei 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 [389] [new name for T. elongata Reeve, not Lamarck].
Type data:
Status unknown, Philippines. - 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] [new name for T. gigas Lamarck, not Linnaeus].
Type data:
Status unknown, Mindoro, Cebu, Mindanao, Paragua Islands (Palawan). - Tridacna acuticostata Sowerby, G.B.(3rd) 1912. Notes on the shells of Tridacna and descriptions of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 29-31 [30, fig. (p. 31)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Philippines. - Tridacna maxima fossor Hedley, C. 1921. A Revision of the Australian Tridacna. Records of the Australian Museum 13(4): 163-172 [171] [pl. 29, fig. 6; pl. 30, fig. 7, pl. 33, fig. 11].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.18927 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Masthead Island, Queensland, Australia [23°31'58.8'S, 151°45'0'E]. - Tridacna troughtoni Iredale, T. 1927. New molluscs from Vanikoro. Records of the Australian Museum 16(1): 73-78 [75, pl. 5, figs 9-10].
Type data:
Holotype AM C052111, Vanikoro. - Tridacna corallicola Lamy, E. 1939. Révision des Tridacnidae vivantes du Muséum National d'Historie Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 83(4): 273-302 [291].
Generic Combinations
- Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798). —
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [74, pl. 35, fig. 236]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Tridachnes umbricata auct. [error for T. imbricata Röding, 1798]. —
Sherborn, C.D. 1902. Index Animalium; sive, Index nominem quae ab A.D. 1758 generibus et speciebus animalium imposita sunt, societatibus eruditorum adiuvantibus. Sectio Prima, 1758-1800. London : British Museum 1195 pp. [1189] - Tridacna squamosa auct. [misidentification]. —
Chenu, J.C. 1845. Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Paris : Fortum & Masson Vol. 2. [pl. 3, fig. 2] - Chametrachea scutrum auct. [misidentification East Indies]. —
Mörch, O.A.L. 1853. Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra et Gadea, Comes de Yoldi, regis Daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis Danebrogici in prima classe et ordinis tertii eques. Fasciculus Secundus. Acephala, Annulata Cirripeda, Echinodermata. Hafniae : Ludovici Kleini Vol. 2 74 pp. + 2 unnumbered pages. [Date published April] [56] - Chametrachea scapha auct. [not C. scapha 'Meuschen' Mörch = T. crocea Lamarck Misidentification Pacific and Indian Oceans and China Sea].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, intertidal, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
30 m. Commonly embedded in living coral e.g. Porites or limestone in shallow water reefs, or attached by byssus among corals, on the surface of the reef
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 10469] (as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798))
Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [74, pl. 35, fig. 236]
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. [25]
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 [384]
ter Poorten, J., Bouchet, P. & Rosenberg, G. 2014. Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207675 (Accessed on 2015-02-06)
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [299, fig. 3] (Elongate Myadora)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [168, pl. 488] (Burrowing Clam)
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. [25] (Great Clam, Rugose Giant Clam)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [64, pl. 65C] (Elongate 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 | 23-Apr-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 |