Tridacna gigas Giant Clam

Tridacna gigas is commonly referred to as Giant Clam. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

791 

AphiaID:

207670 

Scientific:

Tridacna gigas 

German:

Schuppige Riesenmuschel 

English:

Giant Clam 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Cardiida (Order) > Cardiidae (Family) > Tridacna (Genus) > gigas (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

American Samoa, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Caroline Island, China, Cook Islands, Eastern Indian Ocean, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Ryukyu Islands, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 30 Meter 

Size:

39.37" - 51.18" (100cm - 130cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 86 °F (23°C - 30°C) 

Food:

Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Tridacna crocea
  Bohrende Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna derasa
  Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna gigas
  Schuppige Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna maxima
  Grabende Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna mbalavuana
  Teufelsmuschel
• 
  Tridacna noae
  Noah’s Riesenmuschel, Tropfen-Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna rosewateri
  Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna squamosa
  Schuppige Riesenmuschel, Schuppen-Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna squamosina
  Riesenmuschel

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Tridacna elongatissima
  Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna maxima x crocea (T. maxea)
  Hybrid Mördermuschel
• 
  Tridacna sp. squamosa x crocea
  Mördermuschel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-17 23:54:15 

Last edit:

2021-12-21 20:08:32 

Captive breeding / propagation

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Korallenriff Magazin

Ausgabe #10
Riffmuscheln

Immer wieder geistern die Riff- oder auch Riesenmuscheln als sogenannte Mördermuscheln durch die Literatur. Auch in Filmen werden sie oft immer noch so genannt. Der Name Mördermuschel ist wohl der Tridacna gigas zu verdanken.

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