Meretrix lyrata, the lyrate Asiatic hard clam, also known simply as the hard clam (Vietnamese: Nghêu Bến Tre), is an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Lyrate Hard Clam being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Mactra quadrangularis
- Meretrix casta
- Spisula isabelleana
- Meretrix petechialis
- Atactodea striata
- Anomalocardia flexuosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Venerida
- Family
- Veneridae
- Genus
- Meretrix
- Species
- Meretrix lyrata
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