''Tridacna rosewateri'' is a species of marine

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

in the family

Cardiidae A cockle is an edible marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: W ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=466760 on 2022-10-13

Distribution

It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

. Locus typicus: "Saya de Malha Bank, Indian Ocean."Sirenho & Scarlato, 1991-''La Conchiglia, Year.XXII, No. 261, Oct-Dec.1991'', pages 4-9.

References

* Sirenko, B. I. & Scarlato, O. A. (1991). Tridacna rosewateri sp. n. Una nuova specie di Tridacna dall'Oceano Indiano. A new species of giant clam from Indian Ocean. La Conchiglia. 22 (261): 4-9 * Sirenko, B. I. & Scarlato, O. A. (1991). Tridacna rosewateri sp. n. Una nuova specie di Tridacna dall'Oceano Indiano. A new species of giant clam from Indian Ocean. La Conchiglia. 22 (261): 4-9

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Fauvelot, C.; Zuccon, D.; Borsa, P.; Grulois, D.; Magalon, H.; Riquet, F.; Andréfouët, S.; Berumen, M. L.; Sinclair‐Taylor, T. H.; Gélin, P.; Behivoke, F.; Poorten, J. J. ter; Strong, E. E.; Bouchet, P. (2020). Phylogeographical patterns and a cryptic species provide new insights into Western Indian Ocean giant clams phylogenetic relationships and colonization history. Journal of Biogeography. 176: 104715
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