Tridacna

genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae
Taxon taxon Q2387255
Tridacna
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Summary

Tridacna is a taxon[1]. Tridacna has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Tridacna's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Tridacna is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Tridacna belongs to the parent taxon Tridacninae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Tridacna is Tridacna[6].
  • Tridacna's Commons category is recorded as Tridacna[7].
  • Tridacna's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tridacna[8].
  • Tridacna's described by source is recorded as The King of Mollusks[9].
  • Tridacna's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Tridacna's this zoological name is coordinate with is recorded as Tridacna[11].
  • Tridacna's taxon author citation is recorded as Bruguière, 1797[12].
  • Tridacna's homonymous taxon is recorded as Tridacna[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Tridacna is Tridacna[6]. Tridacna is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Tridacna is classified within Tridacninae[5].

Identifiers

Tridacna's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 50592[14]. Tridacna's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52939[15]. Tridacna's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46473743[16]. Tridacna's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4372618[17].

Why It Matters

Tridacna has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Tridacna is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i45640
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01961974-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  2. 12w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4203518
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → The King of Mollusks, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    This zoological name is coordinate with → Tridacna
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Australian faunal directory id: Tridacna;Tridacninae"
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