Southern giant clam
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| Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798) |
The southern giant clam, Tridacna derasa, is a species of extremely large saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Tridacnidae, the giant clam family.
This species is found in American Samoa, Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Indonesia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, possibly Cocos (Keeling) Islands, possibly French Polynesia, possibly Tuvalu, and possibly Vanuatu.
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- Wells, S. 1996. Tridacna derasa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
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