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Class
Bivalvia 
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Class_C
雙殼綱 
Order
Veneroida 
Order_C
簾蛤目 
Family
Veneridae 
Family_C
簾蛤科 
Genus_C
厚殼蛤屬 
Scientific Name
Gafrarium tumidum
Nomenclator
Roeding, 1798 
Chinese Name
厚殼縱簾蛤  China Name 凸加夫蛤
Chinese Common Name
厚殼仔、和尚蚵仔 
Synonym
gibbia Lamarck, 1818 
English Common Name
Tumid Venus 
Area
台灣、馬來西亞、新加坡
Taiwan
Distribution
日本、中國、馬來西亞、新加坡
Habitat
棲息在砂泥質淺水區,水深約在四至五公尺深,利用強而有力的斧足可以潛砂,平常將水管伸出來交換氧氣及過濾食物。
West Malaysia West coast: Phuket, Lumut; Singapore waters: Changi, Bedok, Tanjong Penuru
Shell Character
殼呈卵形,前端短圓但後端楔形。前端的小月面顏色較深而清楚但後端的盾面則不清晰。殼頂向兩側膨脹而稍偏向前端。外殼黃褐色,且有複雜的褐色黃色等斑紋夾雜其中。殼面有明顯的成長輪及十到十五條明顯而突起的放射肋但殼後端的放射肋並不明顯直達腹緣而是斜向後端。殼的內面瓷白色,但在後端及腹緣有深褐色的色素沉澱,鉸齒發達而堅硬。
Reference
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Remark
 臺灣簾蛤科的厚殼蛤屬 (Gafrarium) 記錄有五種 (Kuroda 1941;Wu 1980),產量較高的就是分布於澎湖群島的厚殼簾蛤Gafrarium tumidum Roding, 1798。通常以加味熱炒或煮湯為主。


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