MolluscaBase - Tridacna obesa G. B. Sowerby III, 1899

WoRMS name details

Tridacna obesa G. B. Sowerby III, 1899

AphiaID

382208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382208)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Tridachnes derasa Röding, 1798 accepted as Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tridacna Bruguière, 1797

Original name

Tridacna obesa G. B. Sowerby III, 1899

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Sowerby, G. B. III. (1899). Description of Tridacna obesa, n.sp., from the Philippines. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3: 210-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075563
page(s): 210-211 [details]

Type data

Note Philippines

Type locality Philippines [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridacna obesa G. B. Sowerby III, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382208 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-02-02 12:08:14Z

created

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2010-03-29 07:20:22Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

2022-09-11 17:22:24Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Sowerby, G. B. III. (1899). Description of Tridacna obesa, n.sp., from the Philippines. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3: 210-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075563
page(s): 210-211 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Rosewater, J. (1965). The family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(6): 347-408 (look up in IMIS) [details]

From editor or global species database

Type locality Philippines [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)