Southern giant clam  (Tridacna derasa)

Threats

The southern giant clam is a popular food item and aquarium species, and has therefore been hunted extensively throughout its natural habitat (5).

Conservation

Thankfully, the southern giant clam has been one of the first clams to be bred commercially, and the specimens traded today tend to be the result of aquaculture farms rather than wild-caught individuals (5).

View information on this species at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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