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Tridacna squamosa in life
In life — Fluted Giant Clam, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Bjorn V. Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bjorn V. Peterson
BPBM 279938Malacology

Tridacna squamosa

Fluted Giant Clam

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Cardiidae

Collected by
Myrtle Thaanum {Ditlev Thaanum'S Wife}
Collector number
Th
Locality
Belau
Region
Palau
Coordinates
7.5286, 134.5798 ± 26,229 m
Record type
Preservedspecimen
16 Bishop specimens of Tridacna squamosa · collected 1926–1982Species page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Tridacna squamosa. BPBM 279938. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/279938.

Record sources

  • Last harvested October 27, 2026