Hippopus

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

Hippopus
Hippopus hippopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Subfamily: Tridacninae
Genus: Hippopus
Lamarck, 1799

Species


Drawing of a Hippopus spp. (NOAA)


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