Geoduck held in two hands🐚

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SpeciesAdapedontaHiatellidae
Molluscs

🐚Geoduck

Panopea generosa A.Gould, 1850

코끼리조개(Geoduck)는 수관이 큼지막하고 껍질 안으로 몸이 다 들어가지 않는 커다란 조개이다. 학명은 Panopea generosa 이고 이매패강 우럭목(Myoida) 족사부착쇄조개과 (Hiatellidae) 에 속한다. 대한민국에서는 수산자원 보호를 위하여 강원도와 경상북도 지역에 한하여 4월 1일부터 7월 1일까지 코끼리조개 채취를 금지하고 있다.

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Also called
Pacific Geoduck
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Panopea generosa yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
168 years
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Maximum lifespan
168 yearsrecord 100 years · SeaLifeBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Shell length
0.17 mmaximum recorded, shell length
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Not recorded for Geoduck yet: body mass, body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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太平洋潜泥蛤 (zh), Panopea generosa (pt), Panopea generosa (fr), 코끼리조개 (ko), Гуидак (ru), Panopea generosa (es) … and 14 more languages
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