Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Parent taxon: Tridacninae according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2008
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Avicularium, Byssocardium, Hippopus, Omanidacna, Tridachnes
Subtaxa: Tridacna (Chametrachea) Tridacna (Persikima) Tridacna (Tridacna) Tridacna evae Tridacna maxima Tridacna noae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Cook Islands (1), Djibouti (3), Egypt (2), Eritrea (3), French Polynesia (3), Iran (1), Japan (6), Jordan (4), Kenya (5), Kiribati (2), Pakistan (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Saudi Arabia (14), the Seychelles (8), Sudan (1), Tonga (1), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Indonesia (5), Malaysia (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Oman (1)
Total: 71 collections including 82 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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