WoRMS name details
Tridacna ningaloo Penny & Willan, 2014
816938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:816938)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Penny, S. & Willan, R.C. (2014). Description of a new species of giant clam (Bivalvia: Tridacnidae) from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 34 (3): 201-211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2014.940616 [details]
Note Australia, Western Australia, N of Carnarvon,...
Type locality Australia, Western Australia, N of Carnarvon, S of Coral Bay, 1 km south of Five Finger Reef, 23°11.494'S, 113°46.065'E. Taken live, in central depression of a large isolated coral (Porites sp.) microatoll, on patch reef, 4 m. Leg. F. McGregor, 14.04.2013 [details]
Type material NTM P.51911, holotype [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tridacna ningaloo Penny & Willan, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816938 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Penny, S. & Willan, R.C. (2014). Description of a new species of giant clam (Bivalvia: Tridacnidae) from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 34 (3): 201-211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2014.940616 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Borsa, P.; Fauvelot, C.; Andréfouët, S.; Chai, T.-T.; Kubo, H. & Liu, L.-L. (2015). On the validity of Noah's giant clam <i>Tridacna noae</i> (Röding, 1798) and its synonymy with Ningaloo giant clam <i>Tridacna ningaloo</i> Penny & Willan, 2014. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 63: 484-489.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5385927 [details]
Other
additional source
Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 266; note: holotype figured (pl. 106 figs 2A-E) [details]
page(s): 266; note: holotype figured (pl. 106 figs 2A-E) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Western Australia, N of Carnarvon, S of Coral Bay, 1 km south of Five Finger Reef, 23°11.494'S, 113°46.065'E. Taken live, in central depression of a large isolated coral (Porites sp.) microatoll, on patch reef, 4 m. Leg. F. McGregor, 14.04.2013 [details]Type material NTM P.51911, holotype [details]
