Giant clam - Tridacna gigas

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This is the incurrent siphon. Water pulled in here is filtered for plankton and pumped out the excurrent siphon. In the closeup you can see the characteristic iridescent blue (often green) rings. Here the rings are somewhat connected into bands around the siphon.

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