Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3256

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253812
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8797-6F6B-FFDD-FE33-FE96FBD14901
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
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Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) View in CoL

Habitat. Byssally attached and semi-embedded mostly on the reef crest.

Distribution. Giant clams are not infrequent around the lagoon.

Remarks. Tridacna remains part of the artisanal fishery and can be found among middens although not in the same numbers as Turbo and Pleuroploca spp.

Range. Indo-Pacific [R/M/S].

Figured specimen. Not a Rodrigues shell, 160.0 mm, NMW.Z.1955.158.2465.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Bivalvia
Order	Cardiida
Family	Cardiidae
Genus	Tridacna

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