Gigas giant clam

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	Name: Tridacna gigas; Family: Cardiidae
Main appearances
	DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue; WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
	Film HHD aF PC
	Names in other languages オオシャコガイ; 大砗磲; 大硨磲; 대왕거거; Bénitier colossal; Bénitier colossal; Taclobo gigante; Taclobo gigante; Tridacna gigante; Гигантская тридакна; Gigas-Riesenmuschel; Reuzendoopvontschelp

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The gigas giant clam is a sea creature in the Animal Crossing series. It first appeared in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the 1.3.0 Free Summer Update, where it appears all day long as a very large, very fast shadow from late spring early fall. It and the spider crab are the only two sea creatures in the game to have very large shadows. With a sell price of 15,000 Bells, it is also the highest-selling sea creature, and ties 6 different fish for the highest selling creature in the series.

In October 2020, it became available as a limited-time item in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, where it is categorized as a shell rather than a sea creature.

Catch details[edit]

In New Horizons[edit]

#18

"I got a gigas giant clam! It's kind of a big deal."

Time of year	North: May – Sep South: Nov – Mar
Time of day	All day
Shadow size	Very large
Shadow movement	Very fast
Spawn requirement	Catch 80 total sea creatures
Selling price	15,000 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp[edit]

Icon for the Gigas Giant Clam in Pocket Camp

The gigas giant clam appears as a shell in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and was available for a limited time as part of the Wham-Bam Clam Goals event, from October 9 to October 12, 2020. During the event, the shell would appear on the beach at Saltwater Shores, where it could be picked up. After the event, remaining gigas giant clams can stay in the player's inventory, where they can still be sold, used for animal requests, or listed in the player's Market Box. The sell price for this shell is 3,000 Bells. For villager requests, it is part of rarity tier 3, which earns the player 1,500 Bells and 3 Friendship Points, as well as a chance to earn a bronze treats box and a Regular Fortune Cookie, if the shell is used to fulfill a request.

Donating to the museum[edit]

In New Horizons[edit]

When donating to the museum, Blathers will say the following:

"Gigas giant clams live in warm-water coral reefs and are the biggest bivalves in the world. Growing as wide as six feet and weighing up to 600 pounds, these clams can live to be 100 years old. And yes, these mighty creatures look as though they could eat a swimmer whole. But they eat plankton instead and get valuable nutrients from an algae they live in symbiosis with. Indeed, these enormous gents get all the sustenance they need by lying face up with their shells half-open. If such was my life, I'd be happy as a clam too."

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Real-world information[edit]

Some real life gigas giant clams

Tridacna gigas is one of the most endangered clam species. There is documentation of their existence as early as 1521. One of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian oceans, they can weigh more than 200 kilograms (440 lb), measure as much as 120 cm (47 in) across, and have an average lifespan in the wild of over 100 years. They are also found off the shores of the Philippines and in the South China Sea in the coral reefs of Sabah (Malaysian Borneo).
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Names in other languages[edit]

	オオシャコガイ ō-shako-gai	From Chinese name

	대왕거거 daewang-geogeo	Likely from Chinese name

	大砗磲 dà chēqú	Tridacna gigas; named for its pearl, full etymology unknown

	大硨磲 Unknown

	Гигантская тридакна Gigantskaya tridakna	Tridacna gigas

	Reuzendoopvontschelp	Giant Tridacna, lit. "giant basin shellfish"

	Gigas-Riesenmuschel	Gigas giant bivalve

	Taclobo gigante	Giant Tridacna

	Bénitier colossal	Giant Tridacna, lit. "giant basin"

	Tridacna gigante	Giant Tridacna