Tridacna

Simply put, it is a kind of shellfish

Tridacna (scientific name: Tridacnidae?spp.): it is a marine animal in the phylum of mollusks and the class of bivalves. *** there is a family of 2 genera and 9 species, is the largest bivalve shellfish in the ocean, known as the "king of shellfish", the maximum body length of up to 1 meter or more, weighing more than 300 kilograms. The shell is thick and heavy, the shell edge is like a tooth, the two shells are of equal size, and the inner shell is white and glossy, as white as jade. The outer ligament, usually with a large peduncle hole. Articulated part with one main tooth and 1 to 2 posterior lateral teeth. The coat scar is complete, the anterior closed shell muscle is absent, and the posterior closed shell muscle is subcentral.

All tropical species, usually living on coral reefs attached by foot filaments. It is the largest individual shellfish in bivalves, among which the shell length of giant clam (Tridacna gigas) can reach 1 meter. Tridacna gigas has a large number of worm yellow algae in the outer membrane, with the help of intramembrane vitreous humor, so that the worm yellow algae reproduce in large quantities as their own nutrients, and the two form a special relationship of mutual benefit **** birth.

Mainly distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. There are six species in China***, distributed in Taiwan and the islands and reefs of the South China Sea.

Chinese name

Tridacna

Latin scientific name

Tridacnidae?spp.

Alias

Che canal, giant clams

Tridacna artifacts

Tridacna clams are also listed as Class I state-protected marine organisms in the list of China's key protected aquatic wildlife.