Tridacna gigas

Status_ne_off_v1223290226Status_dd_off_v1223290226Status_lc_off_v1223290226Status_nt_off_v1223290226Status_vu_on_v1223290226Status_en_off_v1223290226Status_cr_off_v1223290226Status_ew_off_v1223290226Status_ex_off_v1223290226
 

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA BIVALVIA VENEROIDA TRIDACNIDAE

Scientific Name: Tridacna gigas
Species Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name/s:
English – Giant Clam
French – Bénitier Géant

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   A2cd   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s Wells, S.
History:
1994 – Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1983 – Vulnerable (Wells et al. 1983)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Australia; Indonesia; Japan; Kiribati; Malaysia; Marshall Islands; Micronesia, Federated States of; Myanmar; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Solomon Islands; Thailand; Tuvalu
Possibly extinct:
Fiji; Guam; New Caledonia; Northern Mariana Islands; Taiwan, Province of China; Vanuatu
Introduced:
United States

Population [top]

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Marine

Threats [top]

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation: Wells, S. 1996. Tridacna gigas. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 December 2008.
Disclaimer: To make use of this information, please check the Copyright and Data Disclaimer.
Feedback: If you see any errors or have any questions or suggestions on what is shown on this page, please fill in the feedback form so that we can correct or extend the information provided