Bear paw clam
| Bear tail clam | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Tridacnidae |
| Genus: | Hippopus |
| Species: | H. hippopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
The bear paw clam, also known as the horse's hoof clam or strawberry clam, Hippopus hippopus, is a species of large saltwater clam, a tropical marine bivalve mollusk in the family Tridacnidae, the giant clam family.
Distribution
This species is found in American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, Guam, possibly India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and possibly Thailand.
Source
- Wells, S. 1996. Hippopus hippopus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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