Biology:Bear paw clam

Bear paw clam
Conservation status
Conservation Dependent (IUCN 2.3)
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.

Sources

• Wells, S. (1996). "Hippopus hippopus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 1996: e.T10105A3164917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10105A3164917.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10105/0. Retrieved 20 December 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3231589 entry