''Hippopus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of large

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily

Tridacninae Tridacninae, common name, the giant clams, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), subfamily of very large saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. Description This subfamily con ...

, the giant clam subfamily, of the family

Cardiidae A cockle is an edible marine bivalve mollusc. Although many small edible bivalves are loosely called cockles, true cockles are species in the family Cardiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: W ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hippopus Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205218 on 2021-03-05

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

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(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)
Giant Clam (Hippopus)

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