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Tridacna derasa in a reef aquarium. The southern giant clam is classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List, [1] and is listed on Appendix II of CITES. [13] The southern giant clam is a popular food item and aquarium species, and has therefore been hunted extensively throughout its natural habitat. [6]
Tridacna rudis Reeve, 1862: synonym of Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Röding, 1798) represented as Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) (junior subjective synonym) Tridacna serrifera Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798) Tridacna tevoroa Lucas, Ledua & Braley, 1990: synonym of Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934
Tridacna gigas, the giant clam, is the best-known species of the giant clam genus Tridacna. Giant clams are the largest living bivalve molluscs . Several other species of "giant clam" in the genus Tridacna are often misidentified as Tridacna gigas .
The Registry of World Record Size Shells is a conchological work listing the largest (and in some cases smallest) verified shell specimens of various marine molluscan taxa.A successor to the earlier World Size Records of Robert J. L. Wagner and R. Tucker Abbott, it has been published on a semi-regular basis since 1997, changing ownership and publisher a number of times.
The maxima clam (Tridacna maxima), also known as the small giant clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. [3]They are much sought after in the aquarium trade, as their often striking coloration mimics that of the true giant clam; however, the maximas maintain a manageable size, with the shells of large specimens typically not exceeding 20 centimetres (7.9 ...
This subfamily contains the largest living bivalve species, including Tridacna gigas, the giant clam. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4–6 folds. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4–6 folds. The mantle is usually brightly colored.
Tridacna squamosina is a species of the Tridacna genus, the giant clams. These animals are bivalve mollusks belonging to the family Cardiidae identified by Sturany 1899. [2]In 2008 Roa-Quiaoit, Kochzius, Jantzen, Zibdah & Richter identified what they believed was a new species of giant clam they called Tridacna costata, [3] however in 2011 Markus Huber and Anita Eschner examined a collection ...
Tridacna crocea, the boring clam, crocus clam, crocea clam or saffron-coloured clam, is a species of bivalve in the family Cardiidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. It is occasionally found in the aquarium trade [4] where it is often simply referred to as crocea. [5]