Biology:Tridacna costata
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Short description: Species of bivalve
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| A shell of Tridacna costata (not verified). | |
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| Species: | T. costata
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| Tridacna costata Roa-Quiaoit, Kochzius, Jantzen, Zibdah & Richter, 2008
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Tridacna costata is a species of giant clam. It lives in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Fossil evidence suggests the stocks of these giant clams began crashing some 125,000 years ago, during the last interval between glacial periods.[1]
There are "strong indications that Tridacna costata may be the earliest example of marine overexploitation," said researcher Claudio Richter, a marine ecologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany.[2]
References
- ↑ Richter, Claudio; Roa-Quiaoit, Hilly; Jantzen, Carin; Al-Zibdah, Mohammad; Kochzius, Marc (2008). "Collapse of a New Living Species of Giant Clam in the Red Sea". Current Biology 18 (17): 1349–54. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.060. PMID 18760604. http://download.current-biology.com/pdfs/0960-9822/PIIS096098220800969X.pdf.
- ↑ Choi, Charles Q. (2008-08-02). "Giant Clams Fed Early Humans". LiveScience. TechMediaNetwork.com. http://www.livescience.com/animals/080828-giant-clam.html. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
Wikidata ☰ Q145776 entry
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