Another new clam.(Maxima)

[metalManiac]

tri retract my statement that it is a rocea after looking at the new pictures (ie: side on shot). A maxima it is, but its got a inhalant syphon opening and its mantle shape is more crocea like.

 

[Orchids]

EXPEDITION, did you pick that clam up locally?

I'm only a few miles down the road and would love to find a new store to spend my money.

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8398536#post8398536 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Orchids
EXPEDITION, did you pick that clam up locally?

I'm only a few miles down the road and would love to find a new store to spend my money.

Dude your from Bordentown,your like 10min tops from it.They got the twin brother to the one i got,& many more squammies,giggas,derassa,hippopus.Its on 206 (broad st) All Aquatics.

 

[Orchids]

I was just there this weekend. I picked up a few angels for my son's 29. I might stop on the way home.

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8398698#post8398698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Orchids
I was just there this weekend. I picked up a few angels for my son's 29. I might stop on the way home.

 

[BLKTANG]

then u saw me there,i work pt there.if u wanna wait i will meat u there tomorrow i get 25% 0ff.

 

[critterkeeper]

Well - I wasn't kidding when I said it could be difficult at times to tell crocea from maxima. Even I thought it was a max, but wasn't entirely sure. Now I'm thinking it's a crocea...

Take a look at the 6th picture down (click the thumb).

http://www.picsbase.com/james/default.asp?catID=303&offset=30


I KNOW these are both croceas because I took this photo at a clam farm in a tank that was full of only croceas. The one on the left looks like a match...

As I said earlier, sometimes croceas can have lots of scutes. BTW - occasional maxes have byssal openings just as large as that of crocea, too. Not many, but some.

Sorry for the flip-flop, but at least you have an answer now (I think).

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8400404#post8400404 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by critterkeeper
Well - I wasn't kidding when I said it could be difficult at times to tell crocea from maxima. Even I thought it was a max, but wasn't entirely sure. Now I'm thinking it's a crocea...

Take a look at the 6th picture down (click the thumb).

http://www.picsbase.com/james/default.asp?catID=303&offset=30


I KNOW these are both croceas because I took this photo at a clam farm in a tank that was full of only croceas. The one on the left looks like a match...

As I said earlier, sometimes croceas can have lots of scutes. BTW - occasional maxes have byssal openings just as large as that of crocea, too. Not many, but some.

Sorry for the flip-flop, but at least you have an answer now (I think).

U have proven a very strong point.Im speachless.I will call it a CROXIMA.

 

[florida_newbi]

lol ex

 

[metalManiac]

muahahahhah, so i WAS right all along! hehehehe

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8403455#post8403455 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by metalManiac
muahahahhah, so i WAS right all along! hehehehe

:blown:

 

[critterkeeper]

Sounds like gladiator, or maybe a bad L.A. hair-metal band

 

[metalManiac]

neither of the above actually.

Any chance you can get a pic of it from above ex? it looks like a nice color.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

i still dont think it is a crocea.

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8411442#post8411442 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jmaneyapanda
i still dont think it is a crocea.

Me either.

 

[Unarce]

With the elongated shell and the umbo being within a 1/3 of the way from the back end, I'd put my money on it being a maxima:hammer:

 

[ezcompany]

maxima for sure. croceas don't have ridges on their shell.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

some croceas do have ridges, and some maximas dont, which is causing the dilemma. In this case, with the shape of the shell and scutes, i think it is a maxima, with amantle that appears like a crocea.

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8419981#post8419981 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jmaneyapanda
some croceas do have ridges, and some maximas dont, which is causing the dilemma. In this case, with the shape of the shell and scutes, i think it is a maxima, with amantle that appears like a crocea.

Hence the name CROXMIA.

 

[Unarce]

I like T. maxcea better