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Enormous Clam, filtering the water. This was a whitish version. In the first 3 pictures you can see its gills which are visible through the inhalant siphon, while the exhalent siphon is tube-like (picture 4,5 ) and is capable of expelling a large volume of water during spawning, or if the giant clam’s shells close suddenly.
Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
This was the first time I had a possibility to look "inside" the Clam. Isn't it gorgeous?
Spotted on Apr 15, 2011
Submitted on May 26, 2013
4 Comments
Thank you all. Yes Mark your right! Sorry I did not take one at the time. I think I was overwhelmed with the view 'inside"
Here is a link to a page on the net with some more - gorgeous - pictures.
http://www.arkive.org/giant-clam/tridacn...
@ Maria. I saw this one in Lembeh Strait in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
@ drP Your welcome :-)
Very interesting spotting! Where did you see it?
Beautiful clam. Thanks for sharing this.
It looks amazing. Not being a clam expert I wonder what parts I am looking at. Maybe a shot of the whole thing would help ?