Giant Clam (NHMW-Zoo-MO 110420/8)3D Model
3D scan of a model of the giant clam (Tridacna gigas). These mollusks can form shells up to 1.4 meters in length and their bodies can weight over 250 kilograms. They live as harmless filter feeders in coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific and feed on microorganisms. In addition, giant clams harbour living algae, so called Zooxanthellae. These symbionts live in the colourful mantle of the clam and supply them with sugar and starch.
Tridacna gigas is Number 54 of the NHM Top 100 and can be found in Hall 23 of the NHM Vienna.
Specimen: Giant clam, Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Inventory Number: NHMW-Zoo-MO 110420/8
Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, 3rd Zoological Dept., Mollusca Coll. (curator: Anita Eschner)
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Scanned and edited by Anna Haider (NHM Wien)
Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.
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