Hippopus

Hippopus is a genus of large tropical saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clam subfamily, of the family Cardiidae.^[1]

Hippopus
Hippopus hippopus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Superfamily:	Cardioidea
Family:	Cardiidae
Subfamily:	Tridacninae
Genus:	Hippopus Lamarck, 1799
Synonyms
Cerceis Gistel, 1848 (Replacement name for Hippopus Lamarck, 1799. Invalid: junior homonym of Cerceis Milne Edwards, 1840)

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)