Meretrix lamarckii information

Korean hard clam
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Meretrix
Species:	M. lamarckii
Binomial name
	Meretrix lamarckii; Deshayes 1853
Synonyms
	Synonymy Cytherea fusca Koch in Philippi 1845 ; Cytheraea morphina L. ; Meretrix compressa Römer, 1866 ; Meretrix meretrix var. reevei Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 ;

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]

^ 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.

[1] Meretrix lamarckii at GBIF

[Bettinazzi_Plazzi_Passamonti_2016_p._e0153631-2] 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.