WoRMS name details
Tridacna (Chametrachea) mbalavuana Ladd, 1934
382189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382189)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Tridacna (Chametrachea) Mörch, 1853 represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934) Ladd, H. S. (1934). Geology of Viti Levu, Fiji. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 119: 1-263.
page(s): 185, pl. 31 figs 2-3 [details]
page(s): 185, pl. 31 figs 2-3 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridacna (Chametrachea) mbalavuana Ladd, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382189 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934) Ladd, H. S. (1934). Geology of Viti Levu, Fiji. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 119: 1-263.
page(s): 185, pl. 31 figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 254 [details]
page(s): 185, pl. 31 figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 254 [details]
Other
additional source
Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Newman W.A. & Gomez E.D. (2002). On the status of giant clams, relics of Tethys (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Tridacninae). <em>Proceedings 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia 23-27 October 2000.</em> 2: 1-11. [details]
additional source Newman W.A. & Gomez E.D. (2002). On the status of giant clams, relics of Tethys (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Tridacninae). <em>Proceedings 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia 23-27 October 2000.</em> 2: 1-11. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Length L 500 mm [details]
