Glycymeris aspersa | |
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Shell of Glycymeris aspersa from Japan at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Glycymeris aspersa shell sample collected in Japan also, as displayed in NBC Naturalis - Leiden, Netherland. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Arcida |
Family: | Glycymerididae |
Genus: | Glycymeris |
Species: | G. aspersa |
Binomial name | |
Glycymeris aspersa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Glycymeris aspersa, common name the clothed bittersweet, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae, the bittersweets.
Glycymeris aspersa has a shell that reaches a diameter of 36 – 46 mm. It is a sturdy shell, nearly circular in outline and rather flattened. It has mottled brown markings on a white background. The interior is white. In life the external surface is often partially clothed in a very dense brown periostracum.
This species can be found in the East and South China Seas, [4] as well as around Japan. It lives buried in sand or gravel.
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