Tridacna gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cardioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Heterodonta Ordo: Veneroida Superfamilia: Cardioidea

Familia: Cardiidae
Subfamilia: Tridacninae
Genus: Tridacna
Subgenus: Tridacna (Tridacna)
Species: Tridacna gigas

Name

Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy

Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Chama gigantea Perry, 1811

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758: Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. 1: i-ii + 1-824. BHL

Links

Tridacna gigas in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

беларуская: Трыдакна гіганцкая
català: Cloïssa gegant
čeština: Zéva obrovská
Deutsch: Riesenmuscheln
English: Giant clam
Esperanto: Tridakno
فارسی: حلزون غول‌پیکر
français: Tridacne géant
magyar: Óriáskagyló
Bahasa Melayu: Kima gergasi
Nederlands: Doopvontschelp
polski: Przydacznia olbrzymia
српски / srpski: Џиновска шкољка
ไทย: หอยมือเสือยักษ์
Türkçe: Dev deniz taragi
中文: 大硨磲

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