Where Bear paw clam has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Hippopus hippopus, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,679 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Hippopus hippopus through GBIF, from 34 countries or marine areas. This page maps those records and lists where they come from. Occurrence records reflect where people have looked as well as where the species lives, so well-surveyed coastlines are over-represented.
- Georeferenced records
- 1,679
- Countries / areas
- 34
- Mapped locations
- 282
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,679
- Inland records omitted
- 81
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5729353
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 456 records; Marshall Islands — 227 records; New Caledonia — 188 records; Indonesia — 149 records; Palau — 149 records; Philippines — 136 records; Papua New Guinea — 110 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 54 records; Vanuatu — 46 records; Japan — 44 records; Malaysia — 32 records; Solomon Islands — 24 records; Kiribati — 22 records; India — 4 records; Niue — 4 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5729353) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5729353&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Madagascar; Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone; Indo-West Pacific.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216411 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,679 of the 1,679 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 34 of the 34 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
81 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.
Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5729353) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5729353&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216411 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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