CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code: 23 340005 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority: Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
Rank: Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 340 (giant clams) - show full list
Common Name: [a giant clam]
Organism Type: a giant clam
Synonyms: Tridacna elongata Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 23 340901 Tridacna spp.

Identifiers

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7818c0f7-cdeb-4e4a-b2be-2c6f73846241 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207675 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-07-07 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source: Lamprell, K. Whitehead, T., 1992, Bivalves of Australia. Volume 1. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, N.S.W.
Scientific Name verified against: Su, Y., Hung, J.-H., Kubo, H., Liu, L.-L., 2014. Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798) - a valid giant clam species separated from T. maxima (Röding, 1798) by morphological and genetic data., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 62: 124-135.