Glycymeris aspersa
Shell of Glycymeris aspersa from Japan at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Glycymeris aspersa shell sample collected in Japan also, as displayed in NBC Naturalis - Leiden, Netherland.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Glycymeris
Species:
G. aspersa
Binomial name
Glycymeris aspersa
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Glycymeris aspera (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850): misspelt[2]
  • Glycymeris vestita (Dunker, 1877)[3]
  • Pectunculus aspersus Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Pectunculus vestitus Dunker, 1877

Glycymeris aspersa, common name the clothed bittersweet, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae, the bittersweets.

Description

Glycymeris aspersa has a shell that reaches a diameter of 36 – 46 mm. It is a sturdy shell, nearly circular in outline and rather flattened. It has mottled brown markings on a white background. The interior is white. In life the external surface is often partially clothed in a very dense brown periostracum.

Distribution

This species can be found in the East and South China Seas,[4] as well as around Japan. It lives buried in sand or gravel.

References

  1. ↑ Huber, M. "Glycymeris aspersa (Adams & Reeve, 1850)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
  2. ↑ "Glycymeris asper(s)a A. Adams & Reeve, 1850". TaiBNET. Taiwan: Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
  3. ↑ Sartori, André F. "Glycymeris vestita (Dunker, 1877)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  4. ↑ "国际贝库：衣蚶蜊" [Taiwan International Shell Base: Glycymeris vestita]. 台湾贝类资料库 (Taiwan International Shell Base). Retrieved 2009-08-11.


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