Gold Tear Drop Squamosa

Just got another clam this AM. I noticed some macro algae on it so I scrubbed it off and placed the clam in my DT. Some of the red macro algae is still on the shell. Do you think hermits will eat the rest or that it would cause the clam or the DT any problems in the future? I don't want the macro algae irritating the clam or spreading throughout my tank.

I'll get photos up later tonight when it opens and my lights are on.

P.S. I just googled teardrop squamosa...only got maxima clams...hmmm I will post photos so others can properly ID.

 

Here are the photos. Sorry about the poor quality of them.

 

great pattern on the squammy!

 

Thank you. I am pretty sure it is a squamosa. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

 

Judging by the spacing of the scutes and how deep they are, it looks like one to me. Is the byssal opening narrow? The shell is usually symmetrical in length and height as well.

 

Yeah, it sure looks like a squammy to me as well.

A very nice one at that.

 

The byssal area looks narrow to me. It was ordered as a squamosa as well, but we all know people do make mistakes.

 

It's a squammy.

 

Never heard of a golden teardrop squamosa . . . but golden teardrop maximas are pretty common. I'll go out on a limb and say it might be a maxima. Is there any way to get pics of it with actinics off?

~Will.

 

It is a maxima clam, look at the scutes, they aren't spaced out far enough for a squamosa, I have been raising clams for 20+ years and that is a maxima, usually coming out of vietnam with that coloration

Here is mine