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Taxon ID: 55,889 Total records: 39,143

Tridacna gigas

Country

Country	Myanmar
Continent Ocean	Asia

Classification

Kingdom	Animalia (COL)
Phylum	Mollusca (COL)
Class	Bivalvia (COL)
Order	Veneroida (COL)
Family	Tridacnidae (COL)

Taxonomy

Genus	Tridacna	Reference
SubGenus		Vernacular Name
Species	gigas	IUCN Threat Status-Year	Vulnerable, 1996
SubSpecies		Nat'l Threat Status-Year	Not Evaluated, 2000
Infraspecies		Reason for Change
Infraspecies Rank		CITES
Taxonomic Group	Molluscs	Native Status	Native
Scientific Name Author	Linnaeus, 1758	Country Distribution	Myanmar
Citation		Description	Geographic Range [top] Countries occurrence: Native: Australia; Indonesia; Japan; Kiribati; Malaysia; Marshall Islands; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Myanmar; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Solomon Islands; Thailand; Tuvalu Possibly extinct: Fiji; New Caledonia; Northern Mariana Islands; Taiwan, Province of China; Vanuatu Introduced: United States Additional data: Range Map: Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. Habitat and Ecology [top] Citation: Wells, S. 1996. Tridacna gigas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T22137A9362283. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22137A9362283.en. Downloaded on 03 February 2017. Disclaimer: To make use of this information, please check the . Feedback: If you see any errors or have any questions or suggestions on what is shown on this page, please provide us with feedback so that we can correct or extend the information provided
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Record Level

Date Last Modified	2017-02-03 12:37:44
Institution Code	ACBBISS-MM
Collection Code	55889
Catalog Number	ACBBISS-MM-55889
Record URL	http://eol.org/pages/2926830/overview; http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22137/0; http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016/details/species/id/4eb8d942654a006b5458b02e3a2c137b; http://www.iucnredlist.org; http://www.catalogueoflife.org

Growth Parameters

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Collecting Event

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Additional Info

Synonyms To Manage Synonyms for Tridacna gigas, click this link: Synonyms.	Chama gigantea Perry, 1811 ¦ Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758 ¦ Tridacna (tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) ¦
Common Names To Manage Common Names for Tridacna gigas, click this link: Common Names.	Giant Clam ()
Localities To Manage Localities for Tridacna gigas, click this link: Localities.	No Locality records in database.

Species Record Updated By: Carlos Aurelio Callangan