Species No. 025
Giant Clam
Tridacna gigas
Tales of clams trapping divers are myth - it closes far too slowly.
The real colors of this species — match them or invent your own.
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Range
Red Sea to Indo-Pacific
IUCN
Critically Endangered
How to spot
Huge fan-shaped pair of shells; zigzag wavy shell edge; colorful teal-brown mantle; deep grooves.
True colors
Thick pale-grey to white ribbed shell; the fleshy mantle is vividly colorful - electric blues, greens, golds, and browns, often speckled.
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