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Giant clam. Tridacna gigas, the giant clam, is the most well-known species of the giant clam genus Tridacna. Giant clams are the largest living bivalve mollusks. Several other species of "giant clams" in the genus Tridacna, are often misidentified as Tridacna gigas. Known to indigenous peoples of East Asia for thousands of years, the Venetian ...
Tridacna. Tridacne Link, 1807 misspelling (Incorrect subsequent spelling.) Tridacna is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. Many Tridacna species are threatened. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4 to 6 folds. The mantle is often brightly coloured.
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 ...
The southern giant clam is one of the largest of the "giant clams", reaching up to 60 cm in length. [4] The species is also known as the smooth giant clam because of the relative lack of ribbing and scales on its thick shell. The smoothness of the southern giant clam's shell and its six to seven vertical folds help to distinguish it from its ...
Tridacna squamosa, known commonly as the fluted giant clam and scaly clam, is a species of bivalve in the family Cardiidae. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It is one of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans .
Geoduck. The Pacific geoduck (/ ˈɡuːiˌdʌk / GOO-ee-duk; Panopea generosa) is a species of very large saltwater clam in the family Hiatellidae. [1][2] The common name is derived from the Lushootseed name, gʷidəq. The geoduck is native to the coastal waters of the eastern North Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California. [2]
Tridacninae. Two "giant clams", from the two current genera : Hippopus hippopus & Tridacna squamosa . Tridacnidae, common name the giant clams, is a taxonomic subfamily of very large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.
Tridachnes noae Röding, 1798. Tridacna noae, also known as Noah’s giant clam or the Teardrop giant clam, is a species of giant clam. Up until recently, T. noae was confused with the small giant clam Tridacna maxima, [4] [5] but is now known to be its own independent species. It has a broad distribution in the Indo-Pacific.