Tridacna squamosa

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Overview

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,135 meters (0 to -13,566 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Tridacna

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. crocea (Boring Clam) · T. derasa (Southern Giant Clam) · T. gigas (Giant Clam) · T. maxima (Small Giant Clam) · T. squamosa (Fluted Clam) · T. tevoroa (Tevoro Clam)

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Further Reading

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• A history of Crustacea; recent Malacostraca, New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1893. url .
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• A manual of conchology, according to the system laid down by Lamarck, with the late improvements by De Blainville exemplified and arranged for the use of students. By Thomas Wyatt. New York, Harper & brothers, 1838. url p. 72.
• A manual of the Mollusca: a treatise on recent and fossil shells / by Dr. S. P. Woodward; with an appendix of recent and fossil conchological discoveries to the present time, by Ralph Tate; illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry. London: Virtue & Co., 1868. url p. 452, p. 537.
• A manual of the Mollusca: being a treatise on recent and fossil shells. London: C. Lockwood and Co., 1880. url p. 452, p. 537.
• A manual of the Mollusca: or, A rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells / by S. P. Woodward; illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry. London, J. Weale, 1851-56. url p. 18, p. 290.
• A manual of the Mollusca; or, A rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells, by S. P. Woodward. Illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry. London, J. Weale, 1851-56. url p. 18, p. 290.
• A popular history of the Mollusca; comprising a familiar account of their classification, instincts and habits, and of the growth and distinguishing characters of their shells. By Mary Roberts. London, Reeve and Benham, 1851. url .
• A synopsis of the classification of the British Palæozoic rocks / by the Rev. Adam Sedgwick; With a systematic description of the British Palæozoic fossils in the Geological museum of the University of Cambridge, by Frederick McCoy. London: J.W. Parker and Son; [etc.]1855. url p. 436.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Wells, S. 1996. Tridacna squamosa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 24, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Natal Museum - Mollusc Collection
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5564791
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13545296
• IUCN ID: 247107
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 9237

Footnotes

1. Mean = -589.590 meters (-1,934.350 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,183.920 based on 49 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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