Tridacna / Small Giant CLAM - showing incurrent and excurrent siphon valves. The pigmentation of the mantle is caused by iridophores - pigment cells. It feeds on algae. (Tridacna maxima). Indo-Pacific. A bivalve mollusc. Distribution: Found in East Africa; India; China; Australia; southeast Asia and the islands of the pacific.

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