Meretrix lamarckii
| Korean hard clam | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Meretrix |
| Species: | M. lamarckii |
| Binomial name | |
| Meretrix lamarckii Deshayes 1853 | |
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Synonymy
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Meretrix lamarckii, also called Korean clam or Korean hard clam, is a species of saltwater bivalve in the family Veneridae.[1] It is the second species of venerid clam where doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) has been identified.[2]
Genomics
A chromosome-level genome assembly of Meretrix lamarckii was published in 2026, providing the first reference genome for the species. The genome is approximately 890.5 Mb in size and comprises 19 pseudo-chromosomes. The assembly has a BUSCO completeness of 99.5% and contains 33,346 predicted protein-coding genes.[3]
Ecology
It is a medium-sized clam which lives in sandy sediments from the subtidal zone to a depth of 20 meters.[4] In the waters off Hyūga, Miyazaki, it spawns between late July and early September.[5]
Relationship to humans
M. lamarckii is edible and economically important in China; commercial fishing has greatly disrupted the habitat where it lives.[4][6] It is a filter feeder which primarily feeds on phytoplankton.[7] Its shell is used to make the white stones used in Go.[5]
References
- ↑ Meretrix lamarckii at GBIF
- ↑ Bettinazzi, Stefano; Plazzi, Federico; Passamonti, Marco (2016-04-15). "The Complete Female- and Male-Transmitted Mitochondrial Genome of Meretrix lamarckii". PLOS ONE. 11 (4) e0153631. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153631. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4833323. PMID 27083010.
- ↑ Law, Sean Tsz Sum; Nong, Wenyan; Au, Ming Fung Franco; Cheung, Leni Hiu Tung; Shum, Cheryl Wood Yee; Lee, Shing Yip; Cheung, Siu Gin; Hui, Jerome Ho Lam (2026-03-27). "Chromosome-level genomes of hard clams Meretrix lamarckii (Deshayes, 1853) and Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)". Scientific Data. 13 (1) 760. doi:10.1038/s41597-026-07119-0. PMC 13187332. PMID 41896227.
- 1 2 Feng et al. 2020, p. 693.
- 1 2 Shigeno 1955, p. 218.
- ↑ Shao YQ, Zhang JM, Fang J et al (2017). "Reproductive cycle and early development of Meretrix lamarkii (Veneroida: Veneridae) under artificial conditions" (in Chinese with English abstract). J Fish Sci China 24:82–90
- ↑ Itoi, Shiro; Uchida, Junya; Takanashi, Shihori; Narita, Tomoyo; Abe, Koko; Naya, Satomi; Sugita, Haruo (2014). "The clam Meretrix lamarckii (Bivalvia: Veneridae) is a rich repository of marine lactic acid bacterial strains". Annals of Microbiology. 64 (3): 1267–1274. doi:10.1007/s13213-013-0771-1. ISSN 1590-4261.
Further reading
- 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.