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nameless fisher 05/04/2012 04:57 PM

Can i get an ID
 
hey i got this clam and i was told it was a maxima,but someone told me different i just would like to know what it really is lol.Its the one on the left in the first picture.

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_1089.jpg

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_1115.jpg

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_1112.jpg

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_1103.jpg

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_1100.jpg

moliken 05/04/2012 06:19 PM

squamosa

clydog 05/04/2012 06:33 PM

from the shell it looks like a maxima

nameless fisher 05/04/2012 07:49 PM

thats what i think to,i was told from the guy i bought it from that it was a maxima,but someone said it looked like a squamosa.

nameless fisher 05/06/2012 03:40 PM

anyone else have any input?

Dave88 05/06/2012 05:37 PM

squamosa

moliken 05/06/2012 06:21 PM

ask and ye shall id.
shell says sq. not maxi. as does pattern

MBIETZ 05/06/2012 11:56 PM

I say squamosa as well maximas have scutes that are thinner and closer together and squamosa have larger more spaced out scutes.

wewalton 05/07/2012 09:38 AM

squamosa

nameless fisher 05/07/2012 08:53 PM

ok thank u all,for the id


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