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.

Hippopus
Hippopus hippopus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Superfamily:	Cardioidea
Family:	Cardiidae
Subfamily:	Tridacninae
Genus:	Hippopus Lamarck, 1799
Synonyms
Cerceis Gistel, 1848 (Replacement name for Hippopus Lamarck, 1799. Invalid: junior homonym of Cerceis Milne Edwards, 1840)

Species

• Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus, 1758)(Bear paw clam)
• Hippopus porcellanus Rosewater, 1982 (China clam)

Species brought into synonymy

• Hippopus brassica Bosc, 1801 accepted as Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippopus equinus Mörch, 1853 accepted as Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippopus maculatus Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• Neo M.L., Wabnitz C.C.C., Braley R.D., Heslinga G.A., Fauvelot C., Van Wynsberge S., Andrefouet S., Waters C., Shau-Hwai Tan A., Gomez E.D., Costello M.J. & Todd P.A. (2017). Giant Clams (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae): A comprehensive update of species and their distribution, current threats and conservation status. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. 55: 87-388

External links

• Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91
• Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. [text book]. 1-216, i-xvi, Plates 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais
• Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS),

Drawing of a Hippopus spp. (NOAA)

Live Hippopus hippopus in Vanuatu