Fluted clam
Tridacna squamosa
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 47 diving areas across 30 countries and 5 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 6 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 22 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 9 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 48 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 58 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 108 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 6 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 3 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 9 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 11 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 4 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 18 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 8 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 3 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 74 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 14 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 14 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 37 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 35 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 51 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 8 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 1 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 4 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 2 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 2 records