Hippopus hippopus

Hippopus hippopus
	Live specimen in Vanuatu
Conservation status
	; Conservation Dependent (IUCN 2.3)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Family:	Cardiidae
Genus:	Hippopus
Species:	H. hippopus
Binomial name
	Hippopus hippopus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Chama asinus Barbut, 1788; Chama hippopus Linnaeus, 1758; Hippopus brassica Bosc, 1801; Hippopus equinus Mörch, 1853; Hippopus maculatus Lamarck, 1801; Tridachnes ungula Röding, 1798;

Hippopus hippopus, also known as the Horse Hoof clam and Strawberry clam, is a species of giant clam in the Subfamily Tridacninae and the genus Hippopus. Hippopus is a delicacy in many Southeast Asian countries due to its high quality meat.

The scientific name hippopus comes from Ancient Greek for "horse foot" (ἵππος, hippos, "horse", and πούς, pous, "foot").

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