Bed-jacket vs devil clam

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Tridacna mbalavuana

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while devil clam is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	devil clam
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Cardiida (Cardiida)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cardiidae
Genus	Alectryon	Tridacna
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Tridacna mbalavuana

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

devil clam

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	devil clam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

devil clam

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.