WoRMS name details
Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
382197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382197)
alternative representation
Species
Tridacna (Tridacna) Bruguière, 1797 represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382197 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
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(of Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Tan, E. Y. W.; Quek, Z. B. R.; Neo, M. L.; Fauvelot, C.; Huang, D. (2021). Genome skimming resolves the giant clam (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae) tree of life. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-02039-w [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 252 [details]
[request]basis of record Tan, E. Y. W.; Quek, Z. B. R.; Neo, M. L.; Fauvelot, C.; Huang, D. (2021). Genome skimming resolves the giant clam (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae) tree of life. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-02039-w [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 252 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Length L 200-1500 mm [details]
