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Species of mollusc

Gafrarium pectinatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Gafrarium
Species: G. pectinatum
Binomial name
Gafrarium pectinatum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

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Gafrarium pectinatum, also known as Gafrarium tumidum, is a species of the genus Gafrarium in the family of Veneridae, order Veneroida in the bivalve class. They are edible clams. WoRMS believe the latter is the synonyms of the other one, but malocologist from Taiwan distinguish the two from the patterns of their shells

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

  • Right valve Right valve
  • Left valve Left valve

Distribution

Mainly distributed in Japan, Taiwan (mainly at east shore of the Taiwan Strait, but also scattered along the Pacific shore), South China Sea (Hainan Island and Daya Bay, Singapore, Malaysia), Thailand (both Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea). Also seen in Chagos Archipelago and Seychelles of Indian Ocean. After the opening of the Suez Canal, this species was brought from the Indo-Pacific Oceans to the Red Sea as well as the Mediterranean Sea.

Consumption

This clam is usually fried or cooked into soup.

Synonyms

  • Circe pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Circe pythinoides Tenison-Woods, 1878
  • Crista pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cytherea gibbia Lamarck, 1818
  • Cytherea pectinata Lamarck, 1818
  • Cytherea ranella Lamarck, 1818
  • Gafrarium angulatum Röding, 1798
  • Gafrarium cardiodeum Röding, 1798
  • Gafrarium costatum Röding, 1798
  • Gafrarium depressum Röding, 1798
  • Gafrarium pectinatum pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gafrarium tumidum Röding, 1798
  • Venus pectinata Linnaeus, 1758 (Original combination)

References

  1. Gofas, Serge (2004-12-21). "Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  2. ^ "Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758) ". TaiBIF. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  3. ^ "国际贝库：加夫蛤" (in English and Traditional Chinese). 台湾贝类资料库. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  4. ^ "Gafrarium tumidum Roeding, 1798". TaiBNET. Taiwan: Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica.
  5. ^ 国际贝库：凸加夫蛤 (in English and Traditional Chinese). 台湾贝类资料库. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  6. ^ Huber, Markus; Tran, Bastien; Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010-11-19). "Gafrarium tumidum Röding, 1798". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  7. 巫文隆; 李彥錚 (2005). 作伙去撿螺仔-台灣常見貝類彩色圖誌 [The Taiwan Common Mollusks In Color] (in Traditional Chinese). 農委會林務局.
  8. Morris, Solene; Purchon, R. D. (1981-12-01). "The marine shelled Mollusca of west Malaysia and Singapore Part 3, Bivalvia". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 47 (3): 322–327. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065575. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  9. Sheppard, Anne L. S. (August 1984). "The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns". Coral Reefs. 3 (1): 43–50. Bibcode:1984CorRe...3...43S. doi:10.1007/BF00306139. S2CID 2095190.
  10. "OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database". The Academy of Natural Sciences. 2006-05-17. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03.
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