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Class
Bivalvia 
 
Class_C
雙殼綱 
Order
Veneroida 
Order_C
簾蛤目 
Family
Veneridae 
Family_C
簾蛤科 
Genus_C
淺蜊屬 
Scientific Name
Tapes literatus
Nomenclator
(Linnaeus, 1758) 
Chinese Name
淺蜊 
Common_C
大殼仔、綴錦蛤、蝴蝶瓜子蛤 
Synonym
 
Common_E
Lettered Venus 
World Distribution
廣東烏石、香港、廣西北部灣、海南三亞、新村、清瀾新盈崖縣、印尼、馬來西亞、新加坡
 West Malaysia West coast: Phuket; Singapore waters: Mata Ikan, dredged off Pulau Bukom
Taiwan Distribution
澎湖大倉島,澎湖東部海域,澎湖北部海域,澎湖內海海域,屏東縣恆春半島,基隆市,金門,金寧,金城,金湖 
Habitat
棲息在淺海的砂泥底,可以其強而有力的斧足潛砂而行。潮間帶至潮下帶、淺海20公尺砂質或珊瑚礁平台的粗砂中 
Shallow water
Character
貝殼大形呈長橢圓形,前端短圓而後端背側成翼狀突起,殼頂偏向前端。殼的顏色為黃褐色。殼上有明顯的成長輪,愈到殼緣則愈明顯。外殼花紋變化極大,部分為由殼頂開始的放射斑紋,有時亦包含八字形斑紋或閃電般的曲折線斑紋。殼內面為瓷白色,鉸齒發達而堅硬,在殼內面的出、入水管痕跡明顯。
 
Reference
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Remark
臺灣的簾蛤科的淺蜊屬 (Tapes) 記錄有四種(Kuroda 1941),而Wu (1980)則增加為五種,產量較高的就是較大型的淺蜊Tapes literatus (Linnaeus, 1758)。通常加以佐料熱炒味道甚為鮮美。
 


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