Giant clams (Tridacna gigas) on reef. Group of giant clams (centre) amongst corals on a reef. This is the largest living bivalve mollusc in the world.

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Giant clams (Tridacna gigas) on reef. Group of giant clams (centre) amongst corals on a reef. This is the largest living bivalve mollusc in the world. Here, they cemented into the coral reef substrate, where they filter feed for microscopic food particles. Photographed in the Rajah Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia.

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