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Hippopus
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Hippopus

Hippopus is a genus of large tropical saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clam subfamily, of the family Cardiidae.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Bear Paw Clam

speciesHippopus hippopus

China Clam

speciesHippopus porcellanus

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67977.