Tridacna gigas

Summary

Tridacna gigas is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,503 views/month, #1,108 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tridacna gigas's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Tridacna gigas is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Tridacna gigas's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered^[5].
• Tridacna gigas is classified within Tridacna^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Tridacna gigas is Tridacna gigas^[7].
• Tridacna gigas's Commons category is recorded as Tridacna gigas^[8].
• Tridacna gigas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tridacna gigas^[9].
• Tridacna gigas's Commons gallery is recorded as Tridacna gigas^[10].
• Tridacna gigas's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'T. gigas'}^[11].
• Tridacna gigas is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Giant clam'}^[12].
• Tridacna gigas is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Bénitier Géant'}^[13].
• Tridacna gigas is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Giant Clam'}^[14].
• Tridacna gigas is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '巨硨磲蛤'}^[15].
• Tridacna gigas is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'amasuela xigante'}^[16].
• Tridacna gigas's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[17].
• Tridacna gigas's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[18].

Body

Classification

Tridacna gigas's scientific name is Tridacna gigas^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Tridacna^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Giant clam'}^[12], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Bénitier Géant'}^[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '巨硨磲蛤'}^[15], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'amasuela xigante'}^[16].

Identifiers

Tridacna gigas's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 114396^[19]. Tridacna gigas's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 80829^[20]. Tridacna gigas's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46473744^[21]. Tridacna gigas's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4372619^[22].

Why It Matters

Tridacna gigas ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,503 views/month, #1,108 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]