Doug,

Some tridacnids are raised on farms and sold in the aquarium trade. These
would be legal. Otherwise, it would be a violation of CITES if they were
sold internationally. I believe if I had a CITES listed specimen and owned
it (possibly from before CITES) I could sell it within my country unless I
was breaking a national law. CITES deals with international trade.


> I have a question to ask about these two genera.  It seems that multiple
> species of both genera are listed as 'Endangered' species (CITES), but are
> readily available on e**y. How is it possible that these shells can be
> openly sold on this web site, and yet apparently be listed as
> 'endangered'?
> Likewise Trochus niloticus and Turbo marmoratus are listed as 'threatened'
> and are also available on the site.  I'm just wondering about the legal
> implications of these sales; considering how common the shells actually
> seem
> to be I suspect the terms 'endangered' or 'threatened' may not be
> biologically relevant.
>
> Just wondering.
>
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Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm

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Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Associate Professor - Family Medicine
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