Tridacninae

Tridacninae
Temporal range: Eocene–present,
Two "giant clams", from the two current genera : Hippopus hippopus & Tridacna squamosa.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Subfamily: Tridacninae
Lamarck, 1819
Genera

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Tridacnidae, common name the giant clams, is a taxonomic subfamily of very large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.

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