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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Gafrarium |
| Species: | G. pectinatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Right and left valve of the same specimen:
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Right valve -
Left valve
Distribution
editMainly 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
editThis clam is usually fried or cooked into soup.
Synonyms
edit- 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
edit- ^ Gofas, Serge (2004-12-21). "Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ^ a b c d "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.