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| Lyrate asiatic hard clam | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Meretrix |
| Species: | M. lyrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851) |
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Cytherea lyrata Sowerby, 1851 |
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The lyrate asiatic hard clam, Meretrix lyrata, or simply hard clam (Vietnamese: Nghêu Bến Tre), is a bivalve mollusc distributed along the coasts of Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Southern China.
[edit] Culinary use
In Vietnam, hard clams are eaten boiled, steamed, or roasted. They are an important export in the eastern and southern parts of Vietnam[1].
[edit] References
- ^ "BIVALVES". http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/DMSP/index_e.asp?menu=haimanhvo. Fisheries Informatic Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- Reid, Shannon(2003). "Meretrix Lyrata (Soweby, 1851)". http://data.acnatsci.org/obis/search.php/86578.OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, Academy of Natural Sciences.
- "NCBI". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?lvl=0&id=223151.
- "AGROVOC Thesaurus". http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_intro.htm?termid=48139&myLangTerms=EN.
