Meretrix lamarckii

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]

Korean hard clam
Scientific classification
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

Ecology

It is a medium-sized clam which lives in sandy sediments from the subtidal zone to a depth of 20 meters.^[3] In the waters off Hyūga, Miyazaki, it spawns between late July and early September.^[4]

Relationship to humans

M. lamarckii is edible and economically important in China; commercial fishing has greatly disrupted the habitat where it lives.^[3][5] It is a filter feeder which primarily feeds on phytoplankton.^[6] Its shell is used to make the white stones used in Go.^[4]