您可能熟悉泪珠“ maxima”蛤lam，最近被描述为一种新物种，tridacna noae。但是，您是否听说过泪珠鳞状蛤lam？我们也不是，但最近揭示了由全球礁石供应肯定会模糊泪珠之间的线条T. noae并出色地发现了T. squamosa.
我们怎么知道这个蛤的确是一个很好的持卡成员tridacna鳞物种?它来自一个新的蛤农场在澳大利亚from parents that were obviously squamosa clams, with all its siblings sharing more typical squamosa clam patterns. We wouldn’t be surprised if there was some confusion with the true identity of this species upon importation, but this is not the first case of bizarre, boundary-blurringtridacna标本。
我们已经看到了好奇的案例Tridacna Maximaalso showing a weird blend of features, with这些人我们在可识别的泪珠蛤中看到了独特的概述斑点。这并不罕见tridacna鳞to show a spotted appearance but this Australian captive bred really does make us do a double take.
