| Hippopus | |
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| Hippopus hippopus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Superfamily: | Cardioidea |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tridacninae |
| Genus: | Hippopus Lamarck, 1799 |
| Synonyms | |
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Cerceis Gistel, 1848 (Replacement name for Hippopus Lamarck, 1799. Invalid: junior homonym of Cerceis Milne Edwards, 1840) | |
Hippopus is a genus of large tropical saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clam subfamily, of the family Cardiidae.[1]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hippopus Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205218 on 2021-03-05