我们一直在写关于魔鬼，，，，Tridacna Mbalavuana（以前T. Tevoroa) for years, and even more so in the last couple months sinceTonga loosened up its exportsof giant clams. But finally, this week we had the chance to see a real live devil clam, in person, in the flesh, and extremely personal.
Coming face to face with this mythical beast is an experience we’ll never forget as this clam is unlike no other species of giant clam. This species comes only from Tonga, it lives in deeper, darker water and the rules of captive clam keeping are simply not the same forTridacna Mbalavuanaas they are for other species of clams.
关于魔鬼的第一件事是，它的披风不像其他物种那样具有图案或装饰tridacna，似乎更像Hippopus在这方面的物种和像该属的物种一样，它也有一个仅延伸到壳边缘的地幔，而不是像属中的同类物一样超越它tridacna.
外壳也完全不同，与密切相关的tridacnaderasa，光滑的表面完全没有任何尺度或scutes。壳也有些不对称，在双壳类的表面虹吸一侧有奇数伸长。还要注意的是，与其他任何种类的tridacnid上更为明显，更明显的虹吸管上的怪异怪物状触手，它肯定有助于支持魔鬼蛤lam绰号。
The one thing that images can’t even begin to convey is the gnarly, bumpy surface of the clam which glows a weird kind of iridescent orange and金子
呢在常规的旧蓝色灯光下，蛤看起来很黑，灰色，但只有一点点温暖的照明使虹彩确实流行，并将这个怪物双壳类变成了一个美丽的生物。
This devil clam was acquired by独特的珊瑚fromPacific Aqua Farms就在本周,一个问题of a couple of hours for this clam to settle into its new home. The current environment is a dream tank for a devil clam, under a bank of mostly blue T5 tubes, moderate flow, no other fish or corals, and 500 gallons of water volume all to itself – because this clam is just that special.
