Tridacna squamosa Squamosa Clam or Giant Clam, Fluted Clam, Fluted Giant Clam, Scaly Clam

Tridacna squamosais commonly referred to as Squamosa Clam or Giant Clam, Fluted Clam, Fluted Giant Clam, Scaly Clam. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 789
AphiaID:: 207674

Scientific:: Tridacna squamosa
German:: Riesenmuschel
English:: Squamosa Clam Or Giant Clam, Fluted Clam, Fluted Giant Clam, Scaly Clam

Category:: Sea Shells

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Cardiida (Order) > Cardiidae (Family) > Tridacna (Genus) > squamosa (Species)
Initial determination:: Lamarck, 1819

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laccadive Sea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Red Sea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 26 Meter
Size:: 13.78" - 17.72" (35cm - 45cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C)
Food:: Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 329.97 gal (~ 1500L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Easy to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

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

Red List:

Lower risk / conservation dependent (LR)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-17 23:40:56
Last edit:: 2023-08-25 11:12:35

Captive breeding / propagation

Tridacna squamosa is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Tridacna squamosa, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Lamarck, 1819

Synonyms:
Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa Lamarck, 1819
Tridacna aegyptiaca Chenu, 1845
Tridacna lamarcki Hidalgo, 1903

Scientific paper

The complete mitogenome of the giant clam Tridacna squamosa (Heterodonta: Bivalvia: Tridacnidae), Gan, Han Ming; Gan, Huan You; Tan, Mun Hua; Penny, Shane S.; Willan, Richard C.; Austin, Christopher M. , 2015
Larval ecology of the fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, and its potential effects on dispersal models, Neo, Mei Lin; Vicentuan, Kareen; Teo, Serena Lay-Ming; Erftemeijer, Paul L.A.; Todd, Peter Alan , 2015
Significance of new records of Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819, in the Tuamotu and Gambier Archipelagos (French Polynesia), Andréfouët, Serge; Van Wynsberge, Simon; Fauvelot, Cécile; Bruckner, Andrew W.; Remoissenet, Georges , 2014
The effect of shade on water quality parameters and survival and growth of juvenile fluted giant clams,Tridacna squamosa, cultured in a land-based growth trial, Adams, Amanda L.; Needham, Evan W.; Knauer, Jens , 2013
Erratum: Can giant clam (Tridacna squamosa) populations be restored on Singapore's heavily impacted coral reefs? James R. Guest, Peter A. Todd, Eugene Goh, Balasubramaniam S. Sivalonganathan and Konda. P Reddy. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. Published online 10 August 2007 DOI: 10.1002/aqc888, James R. Guest; Peter A. Todd; Eugene Goh; Balasubramaniam S. Sivalonganathan; Konda P. Reddy, 2012
Predator-induced changes in fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa) shell morphology, Mei Lin Neo; Peter A. Todd, 2011
Quantification of water squirting by juvenile fluted giant clams (Tridacna squamosaL.), Mei Lin Neo; Peter Alan Todd, 2011
The defensive role of scutes in juvenile fluted giant clams (Tridacna squamosa), Ling Han; Peter A. Todd; Loke Ming Chou; Yap Von Bing; Balasubramaniam Sivaloganathan, 2008
Movement and aggregation in the fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa L.), Danwei Huang; Peter A. Todd; James R. Guest, 2007
Light Induces an Increase in the pH of and a Decrease in the Ammonia Concentration in the Extrapallial Fluid of the Giant ClamTridacna squamosa, , 2006
Responses to temperature, heavy metal and sediment stress by the giant clam Tridacna squamosa, Elfwing, Tina; Plantman, Peter; Tedengren, Michael; Wijnbladh, Erik , 2001
Survival and growth of juvenile fluted giant clams, Tridacna squamosa, in large-scale grow-out trials in the Solomon Islands, Timothy P. Foyle; Johann D. Bell; Mark Gervis; Idris Lane, 1997
SEXUAL STRUCTURE OF A TRIDACNA SQUAMOSA POPULATION: RELATIVE ADVANTAGES OF SEQUENTIAL AND SIMULTANEOUS HERMAPHRODITISM, DOLGOV, LEONID V., 1992
Spawning, Development, and Acquisition of Zooxanthellae by Tridacna squamosa (Mollusca, Bivalvia), William K. Fitt and Robert K. Trench, 1981
Calcification of the first larval shell ofTridacna squamosa(Tridacnidae: Bivalvia), M. LaBarbera, 1974

External links

Riesenmuscheln - Pflege und Haltungsfilm (de). Abgerufen am 09.04.2024.
Riesenmuscheln - Pflege und Haltungsfilm (de). Abgerufen am 09.04.2024.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Video Tridacna laicht 8 MB (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Tridacna squamosa - Riesenmuschel - November 2007 - Egypt - Red Sea - Safari - Canon PowerShot G7

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Fluted Giant Clam - Tridacna squamosa, Israel 2021

Tridacna squamosa, Bénitier géant, Giant Clam, Puerto Galera, Philippines 2023

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