A giant clam from East Timor of more than one meter in length. The giant clam is considered a delicacy in Japan (known as himejako), France, Southeast Asia, and many Pacific Islands. Some Asian foods include the meat from the muscles of clams.

Giant clams are best known for their large, durable shells. However, these sedentary creatures are keystone species in coral ecosystems around the world. Once falsely labeled as man-eaters, one gigas giant clam went viral for producing a massive pearl.

The giant clam (Tridacna gigas) is the largest clam species, weighing as much as a leatherback turtle, and with color that competes with coral.

Living up to its name, the giant clam is the largest living bivalve mollusk and can be identified by the iconic zig-zag shaped mantle of their shells. Learn more.

2020年8月28日 · The giant clam (Tridacna gigas) is – you guessed it – humongous! It is the largest of all bivalve mollusks in the world, reaching lengths of more than 4 feet, and they can live for nearly a century.

Giant clams are a highly regulated species, protected under the Endangered Species Act. As its name implies, the giant clam is the world’s largest living marine bivalve (clam, mussel or oyster). Their soft bodies account for only about 10 percent of their total weight.

In reality, the biggest clam ever found was the Tridacna gigas, also known as the giant clam. While these clams can grow up to four feet in length and weigh over 500 pounds, they are not man-eaters or killers.

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. They inhabit shallow waters of coral reefs in warm seas of the Indo-Pacific region. [2]

2024年7月24日 · Tridacna squamosina, or the Red Sea giant clam, exhibits a strong resemblance to T. squamosa, but can be distinguished by its asymmetrical shell with deep triangular folds and crowded scutes.

2023年1月2日 · Divers and snorkelers had taken pictures of a giant clam that did indeed look strangely like T. squamosina, with a zigzag shell opening and green stripes at the edge of its tissue. But some aspects of these individuals seemed off.