Species Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chama hippopus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [691].

  Type data:

   Holotype Asian seas.
• Chama asinus Barbut, J. 1788. The genera Vermium exemplified by various specimens of the animals contained in the orders of the Instestina et Mollusca Linnaei. Drawn from nature by James Barbut. London : publisher not known Vol. 2 50 pp. [47, pl. 6, fig. 5].
• Tridachnes ungula Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [172, no. 197].
• Hippopus maculatus Lamarck, J.B. 1801. Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou, tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaus; présentant leurs caractères essentials et leur distribution, d'après la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; précéde du Discours d'ouverture de l'an VIII de la République. Paris : Déterville viii 432 pp. [117].
• Hippopus brassica Bosc, L.A.G. 1801. Histoire naturelle des coquilles. Paris : Deterville Vol. 3 292 pp. [91 (pl. 21, fig. 6)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, dans le mer des Indes.
• Camus hyppopus Bournon, J.L. de 1808. Traité complet de la chaux carbonatée et de l'arragonite, auquel on a joint une Introduction à la minéralogie en general, une théorie de la cristallisation. London : De L'Imprimerie De William Phillips Vol. 1. [326] [nomen nudum].
• Hippopus equinus Mörch, O.A.L. 1853. Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra et Gadea, Comes de Yoldi, regis Daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis Danebrogici in prima classe et ordinis tertii eques. Fasciculus Secundus. Acephala, Annulata Cirripeda, Echinodermata. Hafniae : Ludovici Kleini Vol. 2 74 pp. + 2 unnumbered pages. [Date published April] [56].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Indian ocean.

Generic Combinations

• Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [76, pl. 36. fig. 238]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Algal beds, coral reef, coral rubble, intertidal, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

12(30)m. Burrowed in sandy rubble among seagrass or algal flats. Young specimens are found byssally attached to coral heads. Adults are unattached.

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [311, CD: line 10491]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [76, pl. 36. fig. 238]

Lucas, J.S. 1988. Giant clams: description, distribution and life history. pp. 21-32 in Copland, J.W. & Lucas, J.S. (eds). Giant Clams in Asia and the Pacific. Canberra : ACIAR. [27]

Rosewater, J. 1965. The Family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 347-408 [361]

ter Poorten, J. 2014. Hippopus hippopus (Linnaeus, 1758). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216411 (Accessed on 2015-02-06)

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [322, pl. 29, fig. 1] (Horseshoe Or Spotted Clam)

Rosewater, J. 1965. The Family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 347-408 [361] (Bear Paw, Strawberry Clam, The Horse's Hoof)

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