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Ruditapes philippinarum, the Manila clam, [1] is an edible species of saltwater clam in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. [2] [3] Common names include Manila clam, Japanese littleneck clam, Japanese cockle, and Japanese carpet shell. [4]
Description English: Global aquaculture production of Japanese carpet shell ( Ruditapes philippinarum ) in million tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO . Source: FAO .
Japanese littleneck, Manila clam, Filipino Venus, Japanese cockle, Japanese carpet shell Venerupis philippinarum: Cultivated 3,785,311 Alaska pollock Theragra chalcogramma: Wild 3,271,426 This species is often the main ingredient in the so-called crab sticks. Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus: Cultivated 3,197,330 Whiteleg shrimp Penaeus ...
Thatcheria mirabilis, common name the Japanese wonder shell or Miraculous thatcheria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [ 1 ] Description
The grooved carpet shell, or Palourde clam, [2] Ruditapes decussatus, or Venerupis decussatus, is a clam (bivalve mollusc) in the family Veneridae. It is distributed worldwide and is highly prized due to its ecological and economic interest.
Many species of molluscs are eaten worldwide, either cooked or raw. Some mollusc species are commercially exploited and shipped as part of the international trade in shellfish; other species are harvested, sold and consumed locally. Some species are collected and eaten locally but are rarely bought and sold.
The Asian sheephead wrasse, as the common name indicates, is a wrasse, and thus is in the family Labridae.It has long been placed in the genus Semicossyphus, along with the California and goldspot sheephead wrasses, [2] [3] [4] but a 2016 molecular phylogenetics study suggested that it (along with its two congeners in Semicossyphus) be moved to Bodianus, as Semicossyphus was nested deep within ...
This clam is native to the coasts of the Indian, Philippines and Pacific Oceans from Pakistan and India north to China, Japan, Korea and the Kuril Islands. [5] It has an extensive nonnative distribution, having been introduced accidentally and purposely as a commercially harvested edible clam. It is now permanently established in coastal ...