somthing different

[xdusty6920]

well ive seen and owned crocea, dereasa, maxima, gigas, squamosa,etc. but i was wondering if there were any OTHER brightly or interesting colored clams out there.

 

[Peabody]

Only Hippopus

 

[The Shrimp X]

no there are i think of 2 other speceis, cant remember the names, but they are extremely rare.

 

[Peabody]

Correct, but the one has never even been seen alive, only by shell I believe, and the other is never offered in the trade. One is T. Trevari (sp?) and I forget the other.

 

[Snprhed]

Is there a Tavoris or something like that? Tevaris?

 

[xdusty6920]

yeah i knew about hippos, just forgot to add it to the list. id love to see a pic of either of the 2 clams you guys are talking about. anyone have a pic?

 

[grimmjohn]

http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/r_gent_020898.html

"Other species not usually available to the industry:

Tridacna teveroa - up to 20" long

Tridacna rosewateri - up to 6" long

Hippopus pocellanus - up to 16" long "

Teveroa
ââ"šÂ¬Ã…"œdevilââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s clam
(now named T. mbalavuana).
only presently found in the eastern Lau Islands of Fiji and Tonga"
http://www.darwinsplayground.com/tridacna/tevoroa.htm

Good luck finding anything on the other two

http://www.aquasearch.net.au/aqua/clamculture.htm
nother pic of mbalavuana, one of pocellanus and reafferms that rosewateri is only known from a shell, but is similar to squamosa


cheers,

grimmjohn

 

[grimmjohn]

PS. I think the pocellanus (china clam) is endangered so don't tell us if you have one

Also, if anyone wants to start a clam farm they can order "seed" clams (name your size and species) from
five places found here http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/external/ctsa/publications/lagoon/Lagoon.htm
I'm sure that's a viable commercial oppurtunity waiting to be tapped in the continental US , just gotta convinece the back loan officer

 

[Peabody]

That's the problem...it's possible to captive breed them with the right setup, but unless you're in the south pacific or somtehing it would take an obscene amount of money per clam to raise. I know I wouldn't spend $500 on a regular max. WOuld be fun to raise/breed, though!

 

[Electrobes]

you could also add in Hybrids of the clams. I have heard of such like a crocea/maxima hybrid... I think I may have gotten one today... but I haven't had too much time to identify it. but yeah.. there are other hybrids.

 

[xdusty6920]

grimmjohn i want one of those. wered you see it at?

 

[grimmjohn]

I searched the net...most of the links are posted or can be found from the ones posted....I don't think you have a very good chance of ever finding one...apparently they have been aquacultured (for food) though, but they live at like 25 meters...and so they're probably rather drap? I'm sure you could get one but it's not gonna be at your LFS...you may be able to call clams direct or happy as a clam and see if they can get thier figi/tonga suppliers to throw a couple in their next shipment for a small fee? I would check some giant clam book for a better pic first though..cuase i bet they're not near as pretty as the other clams becuase of their depth and so you might as well get some other large bivalve?

cheers,

grimmjohn