difference of clams

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  1. tangov559

    tangov559 Astrea Snail

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    How can i tell the differnce from a crocea to a maxima clam?
     
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  3. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Going from memory ( I had a crocea until I pulled it off a rock too hard) a crocea was kind of rounder with softer edges.. a maxima has sharper more defined edges and are generally much smaller.

    Pulling out Gresham's 'Giant Clams by Daniel Knop' book that I still have to give back  ;D  (sorry G!) heh.. it says the following..

    Tridacna maxima:

    "long, densly packed rows of scales only at the upper rim, the lower half of the shell is smooth."

    Tridacna crocea:

    "few long scales, shell with file resembling horizontal corrugations."

    Umm. Yeah. How about some pics:

    Maxima

    Crocea


    hope that helps,

    matt
     
  4. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    Hey Matt. Those links don't work (for me anyhow). The message I get is "Could not open template config file"
     
  5. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Whoa. Looks like Barry at Clams Direct is messing with his site too. ::)