{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Hippopus hippopus.jpg | image_caption = ''Hippopus hippopus'' | taxon = Hippopus | authority = Lamarck, 1799 | synonyms= ''Cerceis'' <small>Gistel, 1848</small> (Replacement name for ''Hippopus'' <small>Lamarck, 1799</small>. Invalid: junior homonym of ''Cerceis'' <small>Milne Edwards, 1840</small>) |display_parents= 3 }}
'''''Hippopus''''' is a genus of large tropical saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clam subfamily, of the family Cardiidae.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hippopus Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205218 on 2021-03-05</ref>
==Species== * ''Hippopus hippopus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>(Bear paw clam) * ''Hippopus porcellanus'' <small>Rosewater, 1982</small> (China clam) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Hippopus brassica '' <small>Bosc, 1801</small> accepted as ''Hippopus hippopus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Hippopus equinus'' <small>Mörch, 1853</small> accepted as ''Hippopus hippopus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Hippopus maculatus'' <small>Lamarck, 1801</small> accepted as ''Hippopus hippopus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Neo M.L., Wabnitz C.C.C., Braley R.D., Heslinga G.A., Fauvelot C., Van Wynsberge S., Andrefouet S., Waters C., Shau-Hwai Tan A., Gomez E.D., Costello M.J. & Todd P.A. (2017). Giant Clams (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae): A comprehensive update of species and their distribution, current threats and conservation status. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. 55: 87-388
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626 Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526 Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. [text book]. 1-216, i-xvi, Plates 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais] * [http://www.conchology.be/en/shelltopics/visaya-net/date.php?year=2005 Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS)],
[[File:Giant Clam (Hippopus).jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5| {{center|Drawing of a ''Hippopus'' spp. (''NOAA'')}}]] [[File:Hippopus hippopus Vanuatu 01.jpg|thumb|center|upright=1.5| {{center|Live ''Hippopus hippopus'' in Vanuatu}}]]
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Category:Tridacninae Category:Bivalve genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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