Could use some help ID'ing my clam

[NISMO703]

I bought this clam as a blue maxima about a year ago. Comaring/looking at vendors and other members pics, I dont think my clam is a maxima.

Could anyone please confirm the type of clam I have? Thanks.

 

[ca1ore]

Not a great photo, but I'd be inclined to agree that it's not a maxima, rather a Crocea.

 

[NISMO703]

Not a great photo, but I'd be inclined to agree that it's not a maxima, rather a Crocea.

Thanks, I thought it looked like a crocea also but wanted to make sure. Here's a couple better photos

 

[NISMO703]

 

[Stevenliu9]

Kinda looks like a crocea

 

[ca1ore]

Can you take a photo under daylight spectrum? Complicating identification these days has been the appearance of cross hybrids, particularly of maxima and crocea (though I have also seen max x Squamosa and Deresa x gigas).

 

[whitrose02]

Especially take a pic of the shell that's the easiest way to tell the difference.

 

[Giovanni]

kinda looks like a crocea

+1

 

[toshiba]

The shell looks like a crocea, but the pattern looks like a maxima...need a better picture.

 

[NISMO703]

 

[NISMO703]

Thanks guys, I appreciate your input. I took a couple more pics with whites only on my kessil. Its hard to get a good pic of the clam bc of the angle hes at. Hopefully these work.

 

[Stevenliu9]

The best way to tell is if you can take a picture of the underside of the clam- see it's bysall opening

 

[icy1155]

The lines in the mantle make me think of T. derasa. Add that to the lack of visible scutes on the shell and what looks to be about 6 folds in the shell and my vote is firmly for a T. derasa.

 

[Coralreefer1]

The clam is a maxima, no a Crocea, due to the scutes on the shell, where croceas have a smoother shell.