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Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Tridacna squamosa is a species.

It was recombined as Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa by Harzhauser et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tridacna squamosa Kosnik p. 64
2008Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Harzhauser et al. p. 205

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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
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyTridacninae(Lamarck 1819)
genusTridacnaBruguière 1797
subgenusChametrachea
speciessquamosa

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationarysubf
Attached: yessubf
Life habit: epifaunalsubf
Diet: photosymbioticsubf
Diet 2: suspension feedersubf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-12-09 05:25:29
Modified: 2010-02-16 08:15:50
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, f = family
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) Tridacna squamosa (46490)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) Tridacna squamosa (96696)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Jordan Tridacna squamosa (82749 82752 82754)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt Tridacna squamosa (120130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Tridacna squamosa (107972 201414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Tridacna squamosa (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Tridacna squamosa (194003)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jordan Tridacna squamosa (97661)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Tridacna squamosa (82029 165437 165438)