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T. clams not seen in the hobby


GHill762

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

 

"Lastly, I should also mention that there are a few lesser-known tridacnids, such as T. rosewateri, T. tevora, and H. porcellanus, but these are rare and are not often seen in the hobby, thus they are not discussed here."

 

resewateri, tevora, and porcellanus.. I googled them and it's really hard to find much info or pictures, and most of the pictures' captions are not in english.

 

does anyone know what these look like? why they are not in the hobby? are they not pretty enough for the hobby? illegal to collect? just curious, figure if anyone knows it's likely zeph..

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They are all downright ugly! H.Porcellanus is very common in the hobby. T. Tevora, also known as the Devil clam, has never been successfully gathered. They die within MINUTES of being collected.

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They are all downright ugly! H.Porcellanus is very common in the hobby.

what do you mean? I thought Hippopus hippopus was the one in the hobby, not hippopus porcellanus, am I confused?

 

 

T. Tevora, also known as the Devil clam, has never been successfully gathered. They die within MINUTES of being collected.

that is sad.. "devil" clam eh? gonna try to find a pic of this one..

 

 

 

apparently that is a misspell on the tevora, google "suggested" tridacna tevoroa, and it brought back some diver pics of ugly clams.. :lol:

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