Meretrix lyrata
| Lyrate asiatic hard clam | |
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| A whole shell of Meretrix lyrata showing both the outside and the inside | |
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| Live Meretrix lyrata for sale as sea food in a market in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Meretrix |
| Species: | M. lyrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cytherea lyrata Sowerby, 1851 | |
The lyrate Asiatic hard clam, Meretrix lyrata, also known simply as the hard clam (Vietnamese: Nghêu Bến Tre), is an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
This species occurs along the coasts of Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Southern China.
Culinary use
In Vietnam, these hard clams are eaten boiled, steamed, or roasted. They are an important export in the eastern and southern parts of Vietnam.[1]
References
- ↑ "BIVALVES". Fisheries Informatic Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- Reid, Shannon (2003). "Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851)". OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, Academy of Natural Sciences.
- "NCBI".
- "AGROVOC Thesaurus".
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