Poole, Karen E.
Hippopus
Sign in to saveHippopus is a genus of large tropical saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clam subfamily, of the family Cardiidae.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderSiphonophorae
- FamilyHippopodiidae
Гиппопусы (лат. Hippopus) — род морских двустворчатых моллюсков из семейства сердцевидок. В ископаемом состоянии известны со второй половины миоцена (12 млн лет назад) Индонезии.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- Family
- Tridacnidae
- Collections
- PRI, DMNH, TMAG, USNM, MCZ, UCMP
- Recorded in
- Mozambique, Philippines, Australia, Mexico, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Indonesia
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Hippopus is a genus of large tropical saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clam subfamily, of the family Cardiidae.
==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)
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