Gafrarium pectinatum
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| Gafrarium pectinatum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Gafrarium |
| Species: | G. pectinatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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]
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
Right valve
Left valve
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]
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