Clam ID please

[ReddingReefer]

Hello all,

i just picked up this 3.5-4” clam and was hoping someone can help definitively identify it. Was sold as a maxima and looks like it but its shell doesn’t quite match pictures I’ve seen.

I unfortunately can’t get a picture of the basal opening as it attached to the tank bottom. (Was sitting on a flat rock under the sand but moved off and attached to the glass)

Thanks in advance!

 

[Nano_Tuners]

looks like a maxima to me... what doesnt look 'maxima-y' about it?

 

[N.Sreefer]

Id second a maxima

 

[ReddingReefer]

Thanks guys. That’s what I thought but the shell looked smoother and almost crocea clam like but the mantle definitely looked maxima so I just wanted to verify.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Maxima

 

[outerbank]

Thanks guys. That’s what I thought but the shell looked smoother and almost crocea clam like but the mantle definitely looked maxima so I just wanted to verify.

Scutes have been removed. Likely to make it easier to clean.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Maxima with scutes removed is my vote too. The side view looks more maxima than crocea too.

 

[Softhammer]

I’ll agree the shell looks derasa ish buts it’s a maxima.