Small giant clam
Tridacna maxima
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 74 diving areas across 37 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 8 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 8 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 149 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 124 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 109 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 83 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 5 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 9 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 200 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 286 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 152 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 6 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 33 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 261 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 176 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 4 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 95 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 40 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 302 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 646 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 204 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 41 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 94 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 78 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 96 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 4 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 72 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 89 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 75 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 15 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 8 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 9 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 8 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 7 records
- Dahab, Egypt - 27 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 2 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 2 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 15 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 22 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 23 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 172 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 7 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 19 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 26 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 26 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 15 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 114 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 11 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records