Cyclina sinensis, commonly known as Chinese venus,[2] black clam,[2] iron clam,[2] and Korean cyclina clam,[3] is a clam species in the venus clam family, Veneridae. It mostly lives in the flats on the coast of seas in East Asia, such as the Yellow Sea and the West sea.[3]

Cyclina sinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Cyclina
Species:
C. sinensis
Binomial name
Cyclina sinensis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Callista sinensis Gmelin
  • Cyclina bombycina Römer
  • Cyclina pectunculus Römer
  • Cyprina tenuistria Lamarck
  • Venus (Cyclina) intumescens Römer
  • Venus chinensis Dillwyn
  • Venus sinensis Gmelin

References

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  1. ^ Gmelin (1791). "Cyclina sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Guo, Lei; Zhu, Wencheng; Xu, Fuquan; Liu, Ming; Xie, Yu; Zhang, Jingmin (2014). "Optimized ultrasonic-assisted extraction of polysaccharides from Cyclina sinensis and evaluation of antioxidant activities in vitro". CyTA - Journal of Food. 12 (1): 32–39. doi:10.1080/19476337.2013.785982. ISSN 1947-6337. S2CID 84094588.
  3. ^ a b Yoon, Jong-Man (December 2012). "Geographic Variations and Genetic Distance of Three Geographic Cyclina Clam (Cyclina sinensis Gmelin) Populations from the Yellow Sea". Development and Reproduction. 16 (4): 315–320. doi:10.12717/dr.2012.16.4.315. PMC 4282233. PMID 25949106 – via NCBI.