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Tridacna derasa (southern giant clam)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The southern giant clam, Tridacna derasa, is a species of extremely large marine clam in the cockle family, Cardiidae.
View Wikipedia Record: Tridacna derasa

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Tridacna derasa

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ashmore Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve 144062 Australia      

Predators

Gutturnium muricinum (knobbed triton)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0