- Source: Meretrix lamarckii
Meretrix lamarckii, also called Korean clam or Korean hard clam, is a species of saltwater bivalve in the family Veneridae. It is the second species of venerid clam where doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) has been identified.
Ecology
It is a medium-sized clam which lives in sandy sediments from the subtidal zone to a depth of 20 meters. In the waters off Hyūga, Miyazaki, it spawns between late July and early September.
= Relationship to humans
=M. lamarckii is edible and economically important in China; commercial fishing has greatly disrupted the habitat where it lives. It is a filter feeder which primarily feeds on phytoplankton. Its shell is used to make the white stones used in Go.
Bibliography
Feng, Jiantong; Fu, Zeqin; Guo, Yahong; Li, Jiji; Guo, Baoying; Lü, Zhenming; Ye, Yingying (2020). "Strong genetic differentiation of the clam Meretrix lamarckii in the China Sea revealed by mitochondrial DNA marker". Molecular Biology Reports. 47 (1): 693–702. doi:10.1007/s11033-019-05177-9. ISSN 0301-4851. PMID 31701474. S2CID 207941192.
Shigeno, Kunihiko (1955). "Notes on the Biology of the Clam Meretrix lamarckii". Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries. 21 (4): 218–225. doi:10.2331/suisan.21.218.
