Tridacna squamosa Squamosa Clam or Giant Clam, Fluted Clam, Fluted Giant Clam, Scaly Clam

Tridacna squamosa is commonly referred to as Squamosa Clam or Giant Clam, Fluted Clam, Fluted Giant Clam, Scaly Clam. Difficulty in the aquarium: Alleen voor gevorderden. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

789 

AphiaID:

207674 

Scientific:

Tridacna squamosa 

German:

Schuppige Riesenmuschel, Schuppen-Riesenmuschel 

English:

Squamosa Clam Or Giant Clam, Fluted Clam, Fluted Giant Clam, Scaly Clam 

Category:

Zee schelpen 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Cardiida (Order) > Cardiidae (Family) > Tridacna (Genus) > squamosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lamarck, 1819 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Ambon, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laccadive Sea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Red Sea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 42 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Reef slopes, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

6.3" - 17.72" (16cm - 45cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 29,3 °F (25°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Dissolved organic substances, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Alleen voor gevorderden 

Offspring:

Easy to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Tridacna crocea
  Bohrende Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna derasa
  Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna gigas
  Schuppige Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna maxima
  Grabende Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna mbalavuana
  Teufelsmuschel
• 
  Tridacna noae
  Noah’s Riesenmuschel, Tropfen-Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna rosewateri
  Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna squamosa
  Schuppige Riesenmuschel, Schuppen-Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna squamosina
  Riesenmuschel

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Tridacna elongatissima
  Riesenmuschel
• 
  Tridacna maxima x crocea (T. maxea)
  Hybrid Mördermuschel
• 
  Tridacna sp. squamosa x crocea
  Mördermuschel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-17 23:40:56 

Last edit:

2025-07-04 16:52:23 

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Riffmuscheln

Immer wieder geistern die Riff- oder auch Riesenmuscheln als sogenannte Mördermuscheln durch die Literatur. Auch in Filmen werden sie oft immer noch so genannt. Der Name Mördermuschel ist wohl der Tridacna gigas zu verdanken.

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