Tridacna maxima
elongate clam
IUCN: least concernmarine
(Röding, 1798)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 207675 ↗
12
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1926
First collected
1997
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Where Bishop collected it
6 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1920s1990s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1926 by Ostergaard, J. M.; Ostergaard, Jens M. (Tonga; Tongatapu Group; Tongatapu; Nukualofa Beach).
From the collection
