The maxima clam (Tridacna maxima), also known as the small giant clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc found throughout the Indo-Pacific region. They...

giant clam has become extinct in many areas where it was once common. The maxima clam has the largest geographical distribution among giant clam species;...

usage, clams are commonly eaten marine bivalves, as in clam digging and the resulting soup, clam chowder. Many edible clams such as palourde clams are ovoid...

Tridacna is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. Many Tridacna species are threatened...

(/ˈɡuːiˌdʌk/ GOO-ee-duk; Panopea generosa) is a species of very large saltwater clam in the family Hiatellidae. The common name is derived from the Lushootseed...

conservation-dependent subpopulations or stocks. Black caiman Bear paw clam China clam Maxima clam Fluted giant clam Mono Lake brine shrimp Attheyella yemanjae Canthocamptus...

including the Shark Bay pearl oyster (Pinctada albina), the maxima clam (Tridacna maxima), rock oysters (Saccostrea sp.), the saucer scallop (Amusium...

Tridacna gigas Yes 120 cm (47.2 in) Maxima clam Tridacna maxima Yes Moderate 20 cm (7.9 in) Southern giant clam Tridacna derasa Yes 60 cm (23.6 in) Thorny...

multi-colored crystalline pigment cells, while T. maxima cluster red, blue and green cells. The southern giant clam is native to waters around Australia, Cocos...

species such as the mantis shrimp, potato grouper, humphead wrasse and maxima clam, as well as many seaweeds and corals. On the east coast, temperatures...

was 8,072 at the 2020 census, up from 7,655 in the 2010 census. The Pismo clam was named for the long, wide beach where they were once found in abundance...

mordax [nl] and Acropora formosa corals, as well as over 400 Tridacna maxima clams. The commune of Reao consists of Reao, as well as the atoll of Pukarua...

Hippopus hippopus, also known as the Horse Hoof clam and Strawberry clam, is a species of giant clam in the Subfamily Tridacninae and the genus Hippopus...

giant clam or the Teardrop giant clam, is a species of giant clam. Up until recently, T. noae was confused with the small giant clam Tridacna maxima, but...

parrot fish. Shellfish include the black-lipped pearl oyster, bear paw clam, maxima clam, and the Trochus sea snail. No marine mammals have been seen in the...

moretonicus) Bear paw clam (Hippopus hippopus) China clam (Hippopus porcellanus) Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima) Fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa) Dreissena...

commonly as the fluted giant clam and scaly clam, is a species of bivalve in the family Cardiidae. It is one of a number of large clam species native to the...

threatened under the ESA. Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima) - native to Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, and is the most common giant clam species found on Guam...

be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild Tridacna maxima Maxima clam Small giant clam Appendix II: may become endangered unless trade is closely...

moretonicus) Bear paw clam (Hippopus hippopus) China clam (Hippopus porcellanus) Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima) Fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa) Dreissena...

significant, are primarily produced by two groups of molluskan bivalves or clams. A nacreous pearl is made from layers of nacre, by the same living process...

San Francisco Bay. Common names for this clam include butter clam, Washington clam, smooth Washington clam and money shell. Numerous valves of this species...

The maxima clam (Tridacna maxima), seen here at the Virgin Islands, occurs at the Houtman Abrolhos...

well-sized byssus upon its bottom, quite similar to the T. maxima. Common for other bivalve giant clams, the T. squamosina's papillose mantle tissue varies a...

Marco Inn. Clam digging became a major industry on Marco Island and throughout the Ten Thousand Islands in the early 1900s. The Burnham Clam Cannery began...

Mozambique) Tridacnidae – Giant clams Giant clam Tridacna squamosa (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Tridacna maxima (Zululand) Mactridae – Trough...

caillati (Deshayes, 1857) † Gari californica (Conrad, 1849) – California sunset clam Gari callosa (Deshayes, 1857) † Gari candidula (Deshayes, 1855) Gari castrensis...

Programs. 43 (5): 87. McMenamin, Mark A. S. (2023). "A Late Triassic Nuculanoid Clam (Bivalvia: Nuculanoidea) and Associated Mollusks: Implications for Luning...

4 lb). Bivalves (Bivalvia) The largest of the bivalve mollusks is the giant clam, Tridacna gigas. Although even larger sizes have been reported for this passive...

gallina – Chamelea gallina Venus petulca Venus erycina Venus mercenaria – hard clam Venus chione Venus maculata Venus meretrix Venus scortum Venus laeta Venus...