What family of clams

[usmcsgt]

I just got a new clam today at the LFS and was wondering how to tell the differance in what kind of clam it is I.E. a Crocea.

 

[mbbuna]

try this

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=8618149#post8618149

or this

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-07/jf/feature/index.php

 

[onegreenray]

post a picture of the clam and the side of the shell.

 

[usmcsgt]

 

[a4twenty]

nice, looks like a crocea

 

[TearDrop]

Crocea, probably from Vietnam.

 

[onegreenray]

ditto its a crocea. what kind of lighting are you running? you may want to move that clam up into the rocks. actually croceas like being on the rocks better then the sand.