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Tridacna gigas   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Giant clam

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Cardiida () > Cardiidae (cockles)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; गहराई सीमा 0 - 35 m (Ref. 75831).   Tropical; 23°C - 30°C (Ref. 102835); 38°N - 29°S, 92°E - 178°W

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Indo-Pacific: from Myanmar then east to Wallis and Futuna, north to Japan and south to western Australia. Introduced beyond Wallis and Futuna in the Pacific.

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 25 - 35 cm Max length : 137 cm SHL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 99323); common length : 80.0 cm SHL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 348); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 500.0 kg (Ref. 81839)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

It is white and fan-shaped with deep radiating ribs.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Known to be the largest bivalve mollusks that exist. Exploited for its meat and shell, this species has recently become nearly extinct within an important part of its range, due to over collecting. Trials of aquaculture under progress for the restocking of reefs and local farming (Ref. 348).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

Becomes simultaneous hermaphrodite in its later years. Spawning is seasonal, based on its northern and southern limits of distribution (Ref. 100714).

Main reference संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक; जलीयकृषि: व्यापारिक
FAO - जलीयकृषि: production; | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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इंटरनेट स्रोत

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.8 - 29.3, mean 28.6 (based on 2805 cells).
लौटाव (Ref. 69278) निम्न, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 4.5 - 14 वर्ष। (K=0.07-0.2).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.