Meretrix lyrata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Venerida
- Family
- Veneridae
- Genus
- Meretrix
- Species
- Meretrix lyrata
- Scientific Name
- Meretrix lyrata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Meretrix lyrata
Meretrix lyrata, the lyrate Asiatic hard clam, 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, Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) and South China.
...Meretrix lyrata in languages:
- Chinese
- 皺肋文蛤
- Japanese
- ミスハマグリ
- Portuguese
- Amêijoa-asiática
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