Gigas giant clam

Gigas Giant Clam
Gigas Giant Clam
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Real-world info
	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; 大砗磲; 대왕거거; Bénitier colossal; Bénitier colossal; Taclobo gigante; Taclobo gigante; Tridacna gigante; Гигантская тридакна; Gigas-Riesenmuschel; Reuzendoopvontschelp

The Gigas Giant Clam is a sea creature in Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduced in the 1.3.0 Free Summer Update.

Catch details

In New Horizons

#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	X-Large
Shadow movement	Very fast
Spawn requirement	Catch 80 total sea creatures
Selling price	15,000 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

In New Horizons

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."

Names in other languages

	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