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Fluted Giant Clam

Educational resources on Fluted Giant Clam

Fluted Giant Clam or Tridacna squamosa is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Conservation Dependent . IUCN Profile of the Fluted Giant Clam

Academic web links for the Fluted Giant Clam.


Fluted Giant Clam
This beautiful clam is found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. They can be orange, pink, yellow, or white.
amylyne.myweb.uga.edu/GSC/jpgs/tridacna.htm

Tridacnidae (Giant Clams)
Fluted Giant Clam (lower photo shows a round gap for the byssus, opening at the left of the hinge) SEE THE LIVE CLAM: Doug Segar and Elaine Stamman Segar, reefimages
shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Bivalvia/Tridacnidae.html

Common Names List - Marine Invertebrates of National Park of American ...
Common Names of Marine Invertebrates - Click name for more information ... fluted giant clam: Tridacna squamosa fragile dendrodorid: Dendrodoris fragilis
www.botany.hawaii.edu/basch/uhnpscesu/htms/NPSAinvr/common_name.htm

Underwater Photo Gallery: Papua New Guinea
Tridacna squamosa (Fluted Giant Clam) Nemateleotris magnifica (Fire Goby) Platax teira (Teira Batfish) Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill Turtle) Pterois antennata (Spotfin Lionfish)
www.cs.brown.edu/~twd/fish/PNG/PNG.htm

Tridactna squamosa. faisua. fluted giant clam - Marine Invertebrates ...
Tridactna squamosa. faisua. fluted giant clam. NPS photo - Peter Craig. Family Name List | Plate | Scientific Name List | English Common Name List | Hawaiian Name List
www.botany.hawaii.edu/basch/uhnpscesu/htms/NPSAinvr/fish_pops/venerid/clam04.htm

Veneridae - Marine Invertebrates of National Park of American Samoa
...faisua: small giant clam: Present in park: Uncommon: Breeder: Native: Tridacna squamosa : faisua: fluted giant clam: Present in park: Uncommon: Breeder: Native
www.botany.hawaii.edu/basch/uhnpscesu/htms/NPSAinvr/family/venerid.htm

Chapter 16 - Molluscs
Featured organism: Fluted giant clam (Tridacna Squamosa) More Links: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6. I. Molluscs Squids, Snails, Bivalves, and Chitons
biology.fullerton.edu/biol261/ch/ch16.html

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, UCSD : :::
Movement and aggregation in the fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa L.). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 342: 269–281. Low, M., R. Sopha, P.T.N. Tan, D. Huang
sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/d3huang

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Movement and aggregation in the fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa L.). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 342: 269–281. Low, M., R. Sopha, P.T.N. Tan, D. Huang
spineless.ucsd.edu/danwei.html

Marine Invertebrates of National Park of American Samoa
...fluted giant clam: Present in park: Uncommon: Breeder: Native: Truncatella guerinii : truncatella: Present in park: Breeder: Native: Truncatella rustica : truncatella
www.botany.hawaii.edu/basch/uhnpscesu/htms/NPSAinvr/NSAliststuvwxyz.htm







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