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Tridacna gigas

CR

Status

Critically Endangered

Population

Data not assessed

Trend

↓Decreasing

Group

Molluscs

Family

CARDIIDAE

Data Source

iucn-redlist-2025

AI Species Profile

Claude-generated profile pending enrichment

Threats (7)

Habitat shifting & alteration

Code: 11.1

Ongoing

Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Code: 2.1

Ongoing

Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals

Code: 5.1

Ongoing

Intentional use: hunting/trapping

Code: 5.1.1

Ongoing

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources

Code: 5.4

Ongoing

Problematic native species/diseases

Code: 8.2

Ongoing

Domestic & urban waste water

Code: 9.1

Ongoing
Habitats (1)

Marine neritic

Code: iucn-9 · Suitable · Major importance

Countries (17)
AUAustraliaCKCook IslandsFJFijiJPJapanKEKenyaKIKiribatiMGMadagascarMUMauritiusFMMicronesiaMMMyanmar (Burma)NCNew CaledoniaPGPapua New GuineaSGSingaporeTWTaiwanTHThailandTVTuvaluVUVanuatu
Conservation Actions (6)

Habitat & natural process restoration

Code: 2.3

Species recovery

Code: 3.2

Species reintroduction

Code: 3.3

Ex-situ conservation

Code: 3.4

Legislation

Code: 5.1

Compliance and enforcement

Code: 5.4

Taxonomy

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

MOLLUSCA

Class

BIVALVIA

Order

CARDIIDA

Family

CARDIIDAE

Genus

Tridacna