EditorialTridacna gigas, Print, The giant clams are the members of the clam genus Tridacna that are the largest living bivalve mollusks. There are actually several species of "giant clams" in the genus Tridacna, which are often misidentified for Tridacna gigas,...
EditorialTridacna gigas, Print, The giant clams are the members of the clam genus Tridacna that are the largest living bivalve mollusks. There are actually several species of "giant clams" in the genus Tridacna, which are often misidentified for Tridacna gigas,...
EditorialTridacna serrifera, Print, Tridacna is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4 to 6 folds. The mantle is brightly coloured. They inhabit shallow wate...
EditorialTridacna mutica, Print, Tridacna is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4 to 6 folds. The mantle is brightly coloured. They inhabit shallow waters ...
EditorialTridacna, Print, Tridacna is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4 to 6 folds. The mantle is brightly coloured. They inhabit shallow waters of cora...
EditorialTridacna squamosa, Print, Tridacna squamosa, known commonly as the fluted giant clam and scaly clam, is one of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is distinguished by the large, le...
EditorialTridacna elongata, Print, Tridacna is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4 to 6 folds. The mantle is brightly coloured. They inhabit shallow water...
EditorialTridacna crocea, Print, Tridacna crocea, the boring clam, crocus clam, crocea clam or saffron-coloured clam, is a species of bivalve in the family Cardiidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. It is occasionally found in the aquarium trade where ...
EditorialTridacna squamosa, Print, Tridacna squamosa, known commonly as the fluted giant clam and scaly clam, is one of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is distinguished by the large, le...
EditorialShell cosmetic container made from a clam (Tridacna Squamosa). The umbo has been carved in the form of a woman's head, while the natural form of the shell gives the impression of a windblown cloak draped over the head. The border is carved with sphinxe...
EditorialFragment of a shell with a sculpted female head, Iron Age II, ca. 7th century B.C., Levant or Mesopotamia, Shell (Tridacna squamosa), 2 x 3 1/8 in. (5.1 x 7.9 cm), Shell-Vessels, The shell of a species of large clam (Tridacna squamosa), native to the I...
EditorialVarieties of bivalve molluscs including clam, Tridacna, mussel, Mytilus, oyster, Ostrea, pen shell, Pinna, jingle shell, Anomia, and scallop, Pecten. Lithograph after an illustration by Adrian Scheich from Lorenz Oken's Universal Natural History, Allge...
EditorialGiant clam, Tridacna gigas. Vulnerable. (Great chama shell, Chama gigas.) Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1800.
EditorialShell cosmetic container made from a clam (Tridacna Squamosa). The umbo has been carved in the form of a woman's head, while the natural form of the shell gives the impression of a windblown cloak draped over the head. The border is carved with sphinxe...