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Tridacna gigas, commonly known as the giant clam, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk. It belongs to the family Cardiidae within the order Cardiida and class Bivalvia. The species was originally described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon.
The IUCN Red List classifies Tridacna gigas as Critically Endangered, a status recorded in 2024. Occurrence records from various institutions, including CAS, DMNS, USNM, YPM, and UF, document the species in the Marshall Islands, Indonesia, Maldives, Niue, and Seychelles.
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Species
Critically Endangeredgiant clam
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderCardiida
- FamilyCardiidae
La almeja gigante (Tridacna gigas) es una especie de molusco bivalvo de la familia Cardiidae. Habita en el mar Rojo y en los océanos Pacífico e Índico. Se le encuentra en los arrecifes coralinos y atolones, donde viven incrustados en la masa coralífera.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 202
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Cardiidae
- Collections
- CAS, DMNS, USNM, YPM, UF, PRI
- Recorded in
- Marshall Islands, Indonesia, Maldives, Niue, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Kiribati, Philippines
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- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- Commons category
- Tridacna gigas
- taxon name
- Tridacna gigas
- taxon common name
- amasuela xigante
- Commons gallery
- Tridacna gigas
- short name
- T. gigas
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Encyclopedic overview
Mantle with light-sensitive spots, which detect danger and cause the clam to close
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tridacna gigas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.