Species of mollusc
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]
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
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
^ Gofas, Serge (2004-12-21). "Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)" . WoRMS . World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2017-03-30 .
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"Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758) " . TaiBIF . Retrieved 2017-04-05 .
^ a b "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 .
^ a b c d e "Gafrarium tumidum Roeding, 1798 " . TaiBNET . Taiwan : Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica .
^ a b c d 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 .
^ a b Huber, Markus ; Tran, Bastien; Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010-11-19). "Gafrarium tumidum Röding, 1798" . WoRMS . World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2017-04-05 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database" . The Academy of Natural Sciences . 2006-05-17. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03.