AQUADICO

Giant clam

Tridacna maxima

Distribution: From the Red Sea and the East African coast in the Indo-Pacific, the Pitcairn Islands and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Housing: He lives in coral reefs, down vertically, opening its shell upwards. He lives in symbiosis with zooxanthellae.
It is an endangered species (source: Ifremer).

Feeding:This bivalve feeds primarily on phytoplankton.
          
 


Taxonomic classification


Phylum: molluscs Class: Bivalvia Sub class: Heterodonta To print in "PDF" format
Order: Veneroida Sub order: ¤ Family: Tridacnidae
Genus: Tridacna Species: maxima Descriptor: Röding, 1798