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Giant Clam

Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Tridacna gigas
Species recognized by Sulu Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Samoa Species List, Singapore Species List, Kiribati Species List, Malaysia Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Fiji Species List, Indonesia Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Cocos Islands, Arafura Sea Species List, Australia Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, and Wikidata
Tridacna gigas
Superclass recognized by Protists in Singapore
Tridacna gigas
Recognized by Flickr BHL, iNaturalist, FAO Fishery Statistics, and Furui 2020
Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by GBIF classification and World Register of Marine Species
Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by IUCN Structured Data and NBII images
Chama gigas Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by TreatmentBank
Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas
Species recognized by PBDB in DwCA
Tridacna gigas
Species recognized by United States Species List, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikimedia Commons
Tridacna gigas
Recognized by Flickr Group

Alternative Names

Chama gigantea Perry 1811
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Chama gigas Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Dinodacna cookiana Iredale 1937
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Chama gigas
Recombined according to PBDB in DwCA
Tridacna gigas
Recombined according to PBDB in DwCA

Common Names

English

Giant Clam preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata
Giant clam
prefer
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata
giant clam
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
killer clam
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Arabic

بصر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

Трыдакна гіганцкая preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

Гигантска мида тридакна preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

cloïssa gegant preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

巨硨磲蛤 preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Croatian

Golema školjkača preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

zéva obrovská preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

Doopvontschelp preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Esperanto

Giganta tridakno preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

French

Bénitier Géant preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

German

Große Riesenmuschel preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Mördermuschel
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Riesenmuscheln preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

צדפת ענק preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

óriáskagyló preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Indonesian

Kima raksasa preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Irish

Ollbhreallach preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

オオシャコガイ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, World Register of Marine Species, and Wikidata

Korean

거거 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Latvian

Milzu tridakna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malay

Kima gergasi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

Kjempemusling preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

صدف دوکفه‌ای غول‌پیکر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

Przydacznia olbrzymia preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

Гигантская треуголка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Serbian

џиновска шкољка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Slovak

Rozďava obrovská preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

Jättemussla preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Thai

หอยมือเสือยักษ์ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Turkish

dev deniz taragi preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Ukrainian

Тридакна гігантська preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Sò tai tượng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sr Ec

Џиновска шкољка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sr El

Džinovska školjka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hans

大砗磲 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hant

大硨磲 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hk

大硨磲 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Tw

巨硨磲蛤 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus 1758)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758
Autobranchia Grobben 1894
Heteroconchia J. E. Gray 1854
Euheterodonta Giribet & Distel 2003
Imparidentia Bieler, P. M. Mikkelsen & Giribet 2014
Cardiida Ferussac 1822
Cardioidea Lamarck 1809
Cardiidae Lamarck 1809
Tridacninae Lamarck 1819
Tridacna Bruguière 1797
Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Tridacna crocea Lamarck 1819
Tridacna derasa (Röding 1798)
Tridacna elongatissima Bianconi 1856
Tridacna maxima (Röding 1798)
Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd 1934
Tridacna noae (Röding 1798)
Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko & Scarlato 1991
Tridacna squamosa Lamarck 1819
Tridacna squamosina Sturany 1899
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