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Tridacna gigas(Linnaeus, 1758)

Giant Clam

Specimens in (1) and (2) by Mei Lin, Neo (courtesy of Bolinao Marine Lab, PHP). Wood-cutting in (3) from publication (Whymper, 1883), courtesy of Freshwater and Marine Image Bank (Public Domain).

Specimens in (1) and (2) by Mei Lin, Neo (courtesy of Bolinao Marine Lab, PHP). Wood-cutting in (3) from publication (Whymper, 1883), courtesy of Freshwater and Marine Image Bank (Public Domain).
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Identified By: ED Gomez
Presumably Nationally Extinct

Basic Information

Classification:
Mollusca: Bivalvia: Cardiida: Cardiidae