MolluscaBase - Dinodacna Iredale, 1937

WoRMS name details

Dinodacna Iredale, 1937

AphiaID

465764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465764)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Tridacna Bruguière, 1797

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Dinodacna cookiana Iredale, 1937 accepted as Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)

Parent

Tridacninae Lamarck, 1819

Original name

Dinodacna Iredale, 1937

Direct children (1)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Dinodacna cookiana Iredale, 1937 accepted as Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 238, 261 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dinodacna Iredale, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465764 on 2025-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-03-25 10:45:05Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2013-11-29 14:16:02Z

checked

Sartori, André F.

2018-07-31 14:18:48Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-03-08 06:53:38Z

changed

ter Poorten, Jan Johan

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)

Nomenclature

original description Iredale, T. (1937). Mollusca. In: Whitley, G. P. (ed). Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(4): 232-261, pls 15-17 [12 March 1937]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709861
page(s): 238, 261 [details]