Meretrix lyrata

Lyrate asiatic hard clam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Veneroida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Meretrix
Species:	M. lyrata
Binomial name
Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851)
Synonyms
Cytherea lyrata Sowerby, 1851

The lyrate asiatic hard clam, Meretrix lyrata, or simply hard clam (Vietnamese: Nghêu Bến Tre), is a bivalve mollusc distributed along the coasts of Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Southern China.

Culinary use

In Vietnam, hard clams are eaten boiled, steamed, or roasted. They are an important export in the eastern and southern parts of Vietnam^[1].

References

1. ^ "BIVALVES". http://www.fistenet.gov.vn/DMSP/index_e.asp?menu=haimanhvo.  Fisheries Informatic Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam. Retrieved May 25, 2008.

• Reid, Shannon(2003). "Meretrix Lyrata (Soweby, 1851)". http://data.acnatsci.org/obis/search.php/86578. OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, Academy of Natural Sciences.
• "NCBI". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?lvl=0&id=223151. 
• "AGROVOC Thesaurus". http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_intro.htm?termid=48139&myLangTerms=EN.