Clam ID confirm

[SurferStevo]

I'm think this guy is a T. gigas. Notice the huge scutes. Do I have that correct?

 

[SurferStevo]

If it is a gigas I think I'm going to need a bigger tank! Check out the photo!

 

[acroporas]

NO, it is not a gigas. The two shells on a gigas dont fit together and the ones on that clam do.

 

[SurferStevo]

Ummm...Okay then what the heck is it?

 

[goofball310]

If it is a gigas I think I'm going to need a bigger tank! Check out the photo!

Can we say clam chowder?

 

[acroporas]

IT is either squamosa or maxima, the colour pattern looks more maxima but cant be sure without seeing the shell from the side.

 

[holeinone1972]

Squamosa.

 

[Project Reef]

Squamosa.

Yeap.

 

[SurferStevo]

Okay, squamosa then. What's the deal with the huge scutes & the mantle pattern does not look like your usual squamosa.
I guess I found an unusual one?

 

[acroporas]

The scutes are not unusually large. I still would like to see a picture of the shell from the side.

 

[mantisshrimp]

Any pics with the clam open?

 

[SurferStevo]

So far guys, the new clam seems a bit skittish. So the mantle has not fully opened yet (or maybe that's as far as it opens).
Acroporas - here is a side view.

 

[SurferStevo]

top view

top view

Any pics with the clam open?

Like I said the mantle may be as open as it gets (if it is a gigas).
Sorry about blurryness but I didn't turn my pumps off (I just took the shot through a piece of acrylic).