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Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dataset
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SPECIES
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Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Mollusca
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class
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Bivalvia
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order
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Cardiida
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family
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Cardiidae
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genus
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Tridacna
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species
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Tridacna gigas
Name
- Synonyms
- Chama gigantea Perry, 1811
- Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758
- Dinodacna cookiana Iredale, 1937
- Gigantostrea gigantea (Solander, 1766)
- Gigantostrea gigantica (Solander, 1766)
- Ostrea gigantea Solander, 1766
- Ostrea gigantica (Solander, 1766)
- Pycnodonte gigantea (Solander, 1766)
- Pycnodonte gigantica (Solander, 1766)
- Homonyms
- Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Große Riesenmuschel in German
- Mördermuschel in German
- dev deniz taragi in Turkish
- giant clam in English
- killer clam in English
- オオシャコガイ in Japanese
- 巨硨磲蛤 in language.
- Große Riesenmuschel in German
- Mördermuschel in German
- dev deniz taragi in Turkish
- giant clam in English
- killer clam in English
- オオシャコガイ in Japanese
Bibliographic References
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Cole, T. C. H. (2017) Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English: 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp
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Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
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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: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
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Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS)