Spisula sachalinensis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Mactridae |
| Subfamily: | Mactrinae |
| Genus: | Spisula |
| Species: | S. sachalinensis
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| Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862)[1]
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Spisula sachalinensis (Japanese: 姥貝, Ubagai or 北寄貝, Hokkigai; Uilta: Sarukki[2]), the Sakhalin surf clam, is a species of edible saltwater clam in the family Mactridae, the surf clams or trough clams. It is commonly referred to as surf clam or Arctic surf clam, though the latter can also refer to the closely related Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson's surf clam).
The species is commercially exploited and widely used for sushi in Japan.[3] The species is found in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, and numerous other areas.
Nomenclature
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In Japan, the technical name is ubagai ("old woman's clam"). However, in the Hokkaido region, it is called hokkigai ("northern clam"). In the Ainu language, it is called poksey or tutturep.
Description
[edit | edit source]Arctic surf clams grow to around 10 cm, and can live up to 30 years in shallow waters.
As food
[edit | edit source]Arctic surf clam is eaten in Japan, usually as sushi or sashimi. The foot of the clam is black when raw, but turns characteristically red when cooked. It can also be used in rice dishes like takikomi gohan. In the city of Tomakomai, where the most surf clams are caught in Japan, the clam is also made into a curry.
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Rice with cooked surf clam
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505775 on 2015-01-23
- ^ Bugaeva, Anna. Handbook of the Ainu Language, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501502859 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ 孔 宁,李 琪,丛日浩,王庆志,库页岛厚蛤蜊的人工繁殖和胚胎发育 Archived 2015-01-21 at the Wayback Machine[J].海洋科学,2011,(10):6-10
External links
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