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Taxonomy
Tridacna was named by Bruguière (1797) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tridacninae by Harzhauser et al. (2008); and to Tridacnidae by Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tridacninae by Harzhauser et al. (2008); and to Tridacnidae by Vokes (1980), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1797 | Tridacna Bruguière |
| 1980 | Tridacna Vokes p. 134 |
| 1992 | Tridacna Lamprell and Whitehead p. 74 |
| 2002 | Tridacna Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Tridacna Harzhauser et al. p. 204 |
| 2010 | Tridacna Bouchet et al. |
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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.
G. Tridacna Bruguière 1797
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Subg. Tridacna (Chametrachea)
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Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck 1819
Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko and Scarlato 1991
Subg. Tridacna (Persikima)
Subg. Tridacna (Tridacna) Bruguière 1797
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Tridacna (Tridacna) derasa Röding 1798
Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas Linnaeus 1758
Tridacna (Tridacna) tevoroa Lucas et al. 1990
†Tridacna evae Harzhauser et al. 2008
†Tridacna maxima Roeding 1798
Tridacna noae Röding 1798
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available