Hippopus hippopus
| Hippopus hippopus | |
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| Live specimen in Vanuatu | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Bivalvia | 
| Order: | Cardiida | 
| Family: | Cardiidae | 
| Genus: | Hippopus | 
| Species: | H. hippopus | 
| Binomial name | |
| Hippopus hippopus | |
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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").