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Tridacninae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Tridacnidae was named by Lamarck (1819) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5203]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Tridacninae by Harzhauser et al. (2008), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Tridacnacea by Vokes (1980); to Tridacnoidea by Nevesskaja (2009); to Cardiidae by Harzhauser et al. (2008), Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Eucardiids by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Tridacnidae Lamarck
1980Tridacnidae Vokes p. 133
2008Tridacninae Harzhauser et al. p. 200
2009Tridacnidae Nevesskaja
2010Tridacninae Bouchet et al.
2011Tridacninae Carter et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyTridacninae(Lamarck 1819)
subfamilyTridacninae(Lamarck 1819)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Tridacninae Lamarck 1819
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G. †Avicularium Gray 1853
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†Avicularium avicularium Lamarck 1805
†Avicularium carinatum Bronn 1831
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Invalid names: Cardium difficile Michelotti 1861 [synonym], Cardium girondicum Matheron 1867 [synonym]
†Avicularium cymbula Defrance 1817
†Avicularium dilatatum Cossmann 1906
†Avicularium erroris Oppenheim 1901
†Avicularium granuligerum Cossmann and Pissarro 1904
†Avicularium superbum Cossmann and Pissarro 1904
†Avicularium trentinum Oppenheim 1901
G. †Byssocardium Munier-Chalmas 1882
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†Byssocardium andreae Tournouer 1882
†Byssocardium emarginatum Deshayes 1829
G. Hippopus Lamarck 1799
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Hippopus hippopus Linnaeus 1758
Hippopus procellanus Rosewater 1982
G. †Omanidacna Harzhauser et al. 2008
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†Omanidacna eos Harzhauser et al. 2008
†Omanidacna gunteri Mansfield 1937
G. †Tridachnes Roeding 1789
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†Tridachnes maxima Roeding 1798
G. Tridacna Bruguière 1797
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Subg. Tridacna (Tridacna) Bruguière 1797
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Tridacna (Tridacna) tevoroa Lucas et al. 1990
†Tridacna evae Harzhauser et al. 2008
†Tridacna maxima Roeding 1798
Tridacna noae Röding 1798
Invalid names: Chametracheinae Adams and Adams 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-05-06 07:57:24
Modified: 2010-02-17 01:31:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (93 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Cotentin) Cardita cymbula (184164) Lithocardium granuligerum (238733)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Île-de-France) Cardita avicularia (184146)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Landes) Lithocardium carinatum (238735)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Manche) Lithocardium superbum (238734)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71France Lithocardium dilatatum (49935)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71France (Loire-Atlantique) Lithocardium dilatatum (122897)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Cardium emarginatum (184818)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Jamaica Avicularium trechmanni (60955 111543)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy (Vicenza) Lithocardium erroris (238731)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy (Trento) Lithocardium trentinum (238732)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) Cardium carinatum (238730)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France (Aquitaine) Byssocardium andreae (238736)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Bulgaria Lithocardium carinatum (102397)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Oman Omanidacna eos (75608)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Hippopus gunteri (61096 61110)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Oman Tridacna evae (75609)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Northern Mariana Islands Tridacna sp. (43365)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Malaysia Tridacna sp. (165770)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Hippopus hippopus, Tridacna gigas, Tridacna derasa (70078) Tridacna rudis (70100) Tridacna rudis, Tridacna gigas (70077)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands Tridacna sp. (43326)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Tridacna derasa (42339)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Tridacna mbalavuana (173685)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) Tridacna squamosa, Hippopus hippopus (46490)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Hippopus hippopus (72100 72101)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) Tridacna squamosa (96696)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) Tridacna sp. (42380)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Vanuatu Hippopus hippopus (77906)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Tridacna cumingi, Tridacna gigas (101415) Tridacna gigas (101417)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan Tridacna sp. (55403)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Tridacna maxima (198538 198579) Tridacna sp. (198541 198561 198562 198563 198577 198586)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Tridacna elongata, Tridacna gigas (101414)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen Tridacna croacea (55373 55380)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Jordan Tridacna squamosa (82749 82752 82754)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Kiribati Tridacna sp. (209911)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt Tridacna squamosa (120130)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.0117Iran Tridacna sp. (164152)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Tridacna sp. (192719 201412 201440 201472) Tridacna squamosa (107972 201414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Tridacna maxima (63356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Tridacna maxima (80719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Hippopus hippopus (80964) Tridacna gigas, Tridacna maxima (80965 80966) Tridacna gigas, Tridacna maxima, Tridacna crocea (81009) Tridacna maxima (81006) Tridacna sp. (81007 81008 107991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Tridacna gigas, Tridacna maxima, Tridacna squamosa (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Tridacna gigas (96436)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Tridacna gigas (81096 81097 81100) Tridacna sp. (81072 81075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Tridacna sp. (109441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Tridacna noae (41606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Tridacna cumingii (88886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Tridacna sp. (89247)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Tridacna sp. (89257 96786) Tridacna squamosa, Tridacna crocea (96787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Tridacna maxima (191983)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Tridacna squamosa (82029 165437) Tridacna squamosa, Hippopus hippopus (165438)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jordan Tridacna squamosa (97661)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Tridacna sp. (97456)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kiribati Tridacna sp. (97450)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Tridacna sp. (97430)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Tridacna sp. (97472 97476)