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.
| 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 |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Meretrix |
| Species: | M. lyrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cytherea lyrata Sowerby, 1851 | |
This species occurs along the coasts of Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines and South 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". Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. 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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