Clam id help.

[occ_motorcycles]

He also has a bright blue rim to the mantle. And this specific one is about 4.5-5"

 

[bct15]

Nice clam, are the shells symmetric?


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[occ_motorcycles]

Each half is a mirror or the other half

 

[ReeferBean]

T maxima I'd say based on the shell.

 

[occ_motorcycles]

T maxima? What's the t part mean

 

[ReeferBean]

tridacna maxima... genus and species.

 

[occ_motorcycles]

tridacna maxima... genus and species.

Oh ok cool thanks

 

[skinz78]

Can you post a side view shot of the shell and also one of the byssal opening? The shell has scutes and that screams Maxima but I think it is a Crocea. Most Crocea's don't have scutes, they break off easily. But to me that mantle coloration is screaming Crocea, and I too have a Crocea with scutes.

 

[occ_motorcycles]

Can you post a side view shot of the shell and also one of the byssal opening? The shell has scutes and that screams Maxima but I think it is a Crocea. Most Crocea's don't have scutes, they break off easily. But to me that mantle coloration is screaming Crocea, and I too have a Crocea with scutes.

Well I appreciate the ideas but you got me as to scutes and byssal. I was told by a lfs owner it was a max. But I figured I would ask. The shell has small ledges coming out in layers.

 

[ReeferBean]

Scutes are those "ledges" shooting off the sides, the byssal opening is where the foot comes through the bottom of the shell.

*That being said I'm nowhere near a pro so Skinz could be right.

 

[occ_motorcycles]

Scutes are those plates shooting off the sides, the byssal opening is where the foot comes through the bottom of the shell.

Ok. Here is a closer of the side. And I can't get the bottom cause he is attached.

 

[skinz78]

I'm saying Crocea, and I'm sticking with it LOL.

 

[occ_motorcycles]

I'm saying Crocea, and I'm sticking with it LOL.

Even with the purple color with bright blue spots?

 

[occ_motorcycles]

Does it matter if he is fat or more flat? Like when he is open he is like a circle. Where others I have seen are like a v

 

[skinz78]

Nope

 

[skinz78]

Let me find some comparable's.

 

[skinz78]

Look at the top down shot of the Crocea in my ID thread, IMHO it looks just like yours.

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/clams/57883-giant-clam-id-feeding-nutrition-pyramidellid.html

 

[skinz78]

Here is another with Crocea's with scutes.

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/clams/55164-maxea-clam-there-such-thing.html

 

[NanaReefer]

Tridacna Crocea

 

[occ_motorcycles]

Hmm woul the shelf/ledge things come out more based on the crocea?