Blistering Ammania vs devil clam

Ammannia baccifera compared with Tridacna mbalavuana

Key Differences

• Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while devil clam is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	devil clam
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Cardiida (Cardiida)
Family	Lythraceae	Cardiidae
Genus	Ammannia	Tridacna
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Tridacna mbalavuana

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

devil clam

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	devil clam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

devil clam

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian