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The geoduck (pronounced /ˈɡuː.iːdʌk/ "gooey duck"), Panopea abrupta , is a species of very large saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Hiatellidae. The shell of this clam is...
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What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank, and Serial Number Organismal classification: evolutionary relationships & ranks ... Tridacna crocea; (giant clam)
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giant clam, common name for the largest bivalve mollusk in the world, Tridacna gigas, also known as the bear's paw clam. The giant clam may weigh over 500 lb (225 kg) and attain a length of over 4 ft (120 cm). The heavy shell is coarsely fluted and toothed. ... Scientific classification...
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Also known as killer clam and man-eating clam (Tridacna gigas), it is the largest bivalve mollusk in the world, reaching a length of over 4 feet (1.2 m) and weighing more than 500 pounds (227 kg). A native of the Pacific and Indian Oceans ... Further info: Giant Clam. Giant Clam (encyclopedia.com). Tridacna gigas.
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Like corals, giant clams live in partnership with tiny plantlike algae (called zooxanthellae) that l... ... The giant clam, Tridacna gigas, is rare due to overharvesting by people. Giant clams are now being farmed, which can cut down on the numbers taken from the wild...
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Get information, facts, and pictures about giant clam at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about giant clam easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary. ... giant clam common name for the largest bivalve mollusk in the world, Tridacna gigas, also known as the bear...
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1.2 GIANT CLAM CLASSIFICATION AND SKETCH OF BIOLOGY ... Seven species of giant clam exist today though fossil species go back to the Eocene (65 mil. yr). ... Giant clam stocks (mainly T. gigas and T. derasa) in the Pacific region began to be exploited aggresively by Taiwanese fishing boats in the 1960s so that by the mid-1970s...
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What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank, and Serial Number Organismal classification: evolutionary relationships & ranks ... Species Tridacna crocea (giant clam)
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Examination of sperm ultrastructure in six out of eight of the living species of giant clams (‘Tridacnidae’) supports reduction in status of the Tridacnidae to a subfamily of the Cardiidae (Tridacninae), as suggested by recent cladistic analyses based on shell, anatomical and molecular characters.
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