Gafrarium pectinatum

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Gafrarium pectinatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Gafrarium
Species:
G. pectinatum
Binomial name
Gafrarium pectinatum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]

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Gafrarium pectinatum, [2] [3] also known as Gafrarium tumidum, [4] [5] is a species of the genus Gafrarium in the family of Veneridae, order Veneroida in the bivalve class. They are edible clams. [5] WoRMS believe the latter is the synonyms of the other one, [6] but malocologist from Taiwan distinguish the two from the patterns of their shells [3] [5] [2] [4]

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Distribution

Mainly distributed in Japan [4] , Taiwan (mainly at east shore [2] [4] of the Taiwan Strait, [7] but also scattered along the Pacific shore [2] [4] ), South China Sea (Hainan Island and Daya Bay, Singapore, Malaysia [5] [8] ), Thailand (both Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea). Also seen in Chagos Archipelago [6] [9] 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. [10]

Consumption

This clam is usually fried or cooked into soup.

Synonyms

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References

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