boring clam vs Great Flying Fox

Tridacna crocea compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	boring clam	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cardiida (Cardiida)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cardiidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Tridacna	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Tridacna crocea	Pteropus neohibernicus

Evolutionary Relationship

boring clam and Great Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

boring clam

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	boring clam	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

boring clam

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Mexico, Norway, Taiwan, and Tonga.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

boring clam

The Boring Clam (Tridacna crocea) is a species in the genus Tridacna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.