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Giant clams of the Family Tridacnidae have long been harvested by subsistence fishermen in the Indo-Pacific. Region as a supplementary source of protein. ...
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Tridacninae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Family Tridacnidae; updated Dec 08 ... Giant clams belong to Family Tridacnidae. Features: 15-40cm. Giant clams are among the largest bivalves to have ever existed on our planet! The two-part shell is thick and usually has a wavy opening that never closes completely.
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A preliminary investigation of the status of giant clams (family Tridacnidae) and of their utilization and potential in the islands of Karimun Jawa, ...
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Clams have 2 adductor muscles which control the shell and a burrowing foot that is both muscular and powerful. Clams generally use this foot as an anchor, rarely travelling as other bivalves do. Usually found in waters with sandy or muddy bottoms they range ... These species include colourful clams such as this Giant Clam,
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family Tremellaceae; family Trephritidae; family Treponemataceae; family Treponemataceae; family Triakidae; family Triakidae; family Tribonemaceae; family Trichechidae; family Trichechidae; family Trichiuridae; family Trichiuridae; family Trichodontidae; family Tricholomataceae; family Tricholomataceae; family Tridacnidae;
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Munro, J.L., and G.A. Heslinga. 1983. Prospects for the commercial cultivation of giant clams (Bivalvia : Tridacnidae). Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 35: 122-134.
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