Boring Clam
Tridacna crocea
Category: Clams & Mussels
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Cardiida
- Family
- Cardiidae
- Genus
- Tridacna
Where to Find
Found in 32 diving areas across 15 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 161 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 175 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 21 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 53 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 365 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 771 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 24 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 72 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 169 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 106 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 6 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 146 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 66 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 16 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 16 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 50 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 22 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 56 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 110 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 7 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 1 records