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:''In [[Japanese Cuisine]], [[Geoduck]] (mirugai) is sometimes referred to as "Giant clam".''

Trackmania is a great game but it needs to have at least an option so there is collision between cars. This would add to the gameplay greatly. {{unsigned|70.70.56.53|28 February 2005}}

{{Taxobox

| color = pink

| name = Giant Clam

| status = {{StatusVulnerable}}

| image = Giant_clam.jpg

| image_width = 250px

| regnum = [[Animal]]ia

| phylum = [[Mollusca]]

| classis = [[Bivalvia]]

| ordo = [[Veneroida]]

| familia = [[Tridacnidae]]

| genus = ''[[Tridacna]]''

| species = '''''T. gigas'''''

| binomial = ''Tridacna gigas''

| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[1758]]

}}

[[image:Giant_clam_detail.jpg|thumb|right|Detail of mantle]]The '''Giant Clam''' (''Tridacna gigas'') or traditionally, '''pa’ua''', is the largest living [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]]. One of a number of large [[clam]] species native to the shallow [[coral]] [[reefs]] of the South [[Pacific ocean|Pacific]] and [[Indian ocean]]s, they can weigh more than 400 pounds and measure as much as 1.5 meters across.

:I don't think so because then on online play people can block the circuit up. [[User:Thorpe|• Thorpe •]] 13:41, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[[Sessile]] in adulthood, the creature's [[Mantle (mollusc)|mantle]] [[Biological tissue|tissues]] act as a [[habitat (ecology)|habitat]] for the [[symbiotic]] single-celled [[dinoflagellate|dinoflagellate]] [[algae]] from which it gets it nutrition. By day, the clam spreads out its mantle tissue so that the algae receive the [[sunlight]] they need to [[photosynthesis|photosynthesize]].

::Whether or not this is true or false (it's an opinion, so it's neither), this kind of thing isn't "information", so it shouldn't be (discussed) in Wikipedia. Please use [http://www.tm-forum.com/ the official forum] for that. [[User:Retodon8|Retodon8]] 00:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

==History==

As is often the case with uncharacteristically large species, the giant clam has been historically misunderstood. Even reputable scientific and technical manuals once claimed that the great mollusk had caused deaths. In those days the Giant clam was also known as ''killer clam'' or ''man-eating clam''. Versions of the ''[[U.S. Navy Diving Manual]]'' even gave detailed instructions for releasing oneself from its grasp by severing the adductor muscles used to close its shell.

== More Info On The Community ==

[[Image:Giant_clam_with_diver.jpg|thumb|left|The largest of all clam species]]Today, it is generally acknowledged that the giant clam is neither aggressive nor particularly dangerous; while it is certainly capable of holding one fast in its grip, the shell's closing action is actually a defensive response, and far too slow to pose any reasonable threat. No account of a human being trapped in this manner has ever been substantiated.

We need more info on the community of TrackMania. {{unsigned|82.18.183.86|27 May 2006}}

:As a start: A couple of links to a TMN team called Death From Above (DFA) [http://dfa-tmn.eu/ DFA's home page] [http://dfa.no-ip.info/ DFA's server's offline stats] {{unsigned|Sloth1974|23 July 2006}}

==Conservation status==

The [[IUCN]] lists the giant clams as vulnerable. There is concern among [[conservationist]]s for the sustainability of practices among those who use the animal as a source of livelihood. The numbers in the wild have been greatly reduced by extensive harvesting for food and aquarium trade. [[Black market|Illegal trade]] in giant clam shells for use as decorative accoutrements abounds, and the meat, called ''Himejako'' in [[Japan]], is prized as a delicacy.

::Well why don't you write something then, but don't be so biased to DFA, lol {{unsigned|87.254.80.217|19 October 2006}}

==External links==

*''Tridacna gigas'' entry on [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Tridacna_gigas.html Animal Diversity Web]

*Giant clam entry on the [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php?species=22137 IUCN Red List of threatened species]

*[http://www.usm.my/cemacs/Webpg%20Mariculture%20Research.htm Giant clam conservation research project] at Universiti sains Maylaysia

:::Those are external links to a random clan site, from the perspective of a random Wikipedia user. A list of clans will never be complete either, and won't add anything useful to this article either. See [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not]] for more on that. Of course it's OK to give information about the community in the article though, if you can think of anything that would add to the article's quality. [[User:Retodon8|Retodon8]] 00:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

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== UK Publisher ==

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I think we should add "Deep Silver" as a UK publisher because Digital Jesters folded.--[[User:Dustyjo|Dustyjo]] 20:24, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[[nl:Doopvontschelp]]

:It should be [[Deep Silver]] for the games released under the DS label, but it should remain [[Digital Jesters]] for the older games. Otherwise the article would simply be lying. [[User:Retodon8|Retodon8]] 00:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

== the carpark and the mini trackmania ==

carpark requires a username and passowrd. Mini trackmania doesn't work. {{unsigned|Luminaflare|15 February 2007}}

== Machinima ==

Can someone who is into TrackMania movies add a section about it to the [[machinima]] article? I think it would be great. --[[User:ZeroOne|ZeroOne]] (<small>[[User talk:ZeroOne|talk]]</small>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<small>[[Special:Emailuser/ZeroOne|@]]</small>) 16:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

== Removed portion of trackmania nation ==

Removed

"It was recently announced by the ESWC that ''TrackMania Nations'' now has over six million downloads, and is one of the most played online games today - on a par with games such as ''[[World of Warcraft]]''."

because it is not true.

Even though the game was downloaded over six million times, the active userbase of the game has not been more than 10,000 simultanous users, not coming close to some of the actual most played online games of the world such as Counter-Strike, WarCraft III: The Frozen and StarCraft: Brood War which all have active userbases over five times that of trackmania nations at it's peak.<ref>http://www.esworldcup.com/2006/?act=document_info&id_document=64</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_sports#Professional_electronic_sports_Titles</ref>[[User:Zerter|Zerter]] 20:07, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

== TrackMania Carpark ==

can anyone access it? I find I can't. :S

[[User:Youlikeyams?|Youlikeyams?]] 17:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

== Minitrackmania ==

It's not available anymore on the linked page. I found it on the site http://www.scorejeuxflash.fr, but I don't no if redirecting the link there is fine with you. Thanks for your attention. [[User:143.50.221.40|143.50.221.40]] 20:53, 24 June 2007 (UTC)