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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
橫簾蛤屬 
Scientific Name
Paphia amabilis
Nomenclator
(Philippi, 1847) 
Chinese Name
山瓜子橫簾蛤  China Name 和藹巴非蛤
Chinese Common Name
可愛簾蛤、巴非蛤 
Synonym
 
English Common Name
Lovely Venus 
Area
台灣、中國、南韓
Taiwan
Distribution
福建、廣東、廣西、海南、南韓
Habitat
棲息在淺海的砂泥底,水深大約在十至七十公尺深,可用其強而有力的斧足潛砂以棲息其中。潮間帶至潮下帶、水深10公尺的砂質底
Shell Character
殼為卵形,前、後端均為圓弧形,但前端稍短。前端的小月面較後端的盾面清楚,左右殼對稱。殼頂向兩側膨脹而稍偏向前方。外殼顏色為淡紅褐色,輪紋狀的成長輪明顯而突出。殼內面為白色,鉸齒發達而堅硬,出、入水管的套線彎十分清晰。
Reference
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Remark
 臺灣的簾蛤科的橫簾蛤屬(Paphia)記錄有二種(Kuroda 1941),而Wu (1980)則增加為四種,產量較高的就是橫簾蛤Paphia amabilis (Philippi, 1847),通常以九層塔、辣椒及大蒜等佐料快炒食用。


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