Spisula sachalinensis

This article is about the clam commonly used in sushi. For other species also called surf clam, see Surf clam.

Spisula sachalinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Spisula
Species:
S. sachalinensis
Binomial name
Spisula sachalinensis
(Schrenck, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudocardium sachalinense Schrenck, 1862

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.

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Bugaeva, Anna. Handbook of the Ainu Language, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501502859 ISBN 9781501502859
  3. ^ 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