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SurferStevo
07/20/2003, 09:38 PM
I'm think this guy is a T. gigas. Notice the huge scutes. Do I have that correct?

SurferStevo
07/20/2003, 10:03 PM
If it is a gigas I think I'm going to need a bigger tank! Check out the photo!
http://www.surferstevo.com/images/temp/rc/big_gigas.jpg

acroporas
07/20/2003, 10:46 PM
NO, it is not a gigas. The two shells on a gigas dont fit together and the ones on that clam do.

SurferStevo
07/20/2003, 11:11 PM
Ummm...Okay then what the heck is it?

goofball310
07/21/2003, 12:03 AM
Originally posted by srfmon
If it is a gigas I think I'm going to need a bigger tank! Check out the photo!
http://www.surferstevo.com/images/temp/rc/big_gigas.jpg


Can we say clam chowder?

acroporas
07/21/2003, 10:28 AM
IT is either squamosa or maxima, the colour pattern looks more maxima but cant be sure without seeing the shell from the side.

holeinone1972
07/21/2003, 10:48 AM
Squamosa.

Project Reef
07/21/2003, 11:12 AM
Originally posted by holeinone1972
Squamosa.

Yeap.

SurferStevo
07/21/2003, 10:12 PM
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
07/22/2003, 08:13 AM
The scutes are not unusually large. I still would like to see a picture of the shell from the side.

mantisshrimp
07/22/2003, 03:47 PM
Any pics with the clam open?

SurferStevo
07/22/2003, 10:52 PM
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
07/22/2003, 10:54 PM
Originally posted by mantisshrimp
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).