Bear Paw Clam
Hippopus hippopus
Category: Clams & Mussels
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Cardiida
- Family
- Cardiidae
- Genus
- Hippopus
Where to Find
Found in 29 diving areas across 13 countries and 4 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 13 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 15 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 19 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 49 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 36 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 49 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 137 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 26 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 6 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 6 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 18 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 1 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 4 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 12 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records