Species FAO code: BLC

Tegillarca granosa

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
EU quality schemes and nutrition values
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Rotfleischige Archenmuschel [Anadara granosa synonym for Tegillarca granosa] de Rotfleischige Archenmuschel	–
Czech Republic	cs Mušle	–
Denmark	da Kornet arca	–
Germany	de Rotfleischige Archenmuschel [Anadara granosa synonym for Tegillarca granosa]	–
Italy	it Arca indopacifica	–
Slovenia	sl rdečemesa barčica [Anadara granosa synonym for Tegillarca granosa]	–

Main production methods

Caught
Farmed

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nutrition values

	Nutrition values per serving (100g)
Energy	86.0 kcal
Total fat	0.96 g
Saturates	0.187 g
Carbohydrate	3.57 g
Sugars	0.0 g
Protein	14.67 g
Salt	1502.5 mg

Source: USDA - FoodData Central

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific name

Tegillarca granosa

Author

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

FAO code

BLC

Morphological description

Shell equivalve, thick and solid, ovate, strongly inflated, slightly longer than high and feebly inequilateral. Umbones strongly protruding, cardinal area rather large. About 18 radial ribs (15 to 20) with wide interstices at each valve; ribs stout and distinctly rugose, bearing regular, often rectangular nodules. Periostracum rather thin and smooth. Internal margins with strong crenulations corresponding with the external radial ribs. No byssal gape. Colour: outside of shell white under the yellowish brown periostracum. Inner side white, often tinged yellow towards the umbonal cavity.

Taxonomic classification

ClassBivalvia
- OrderArcoida
  - FamilyArcidae
    - GenusTegillarca
      - SpeciesTegillarca granosa

Synonyms

Arca corbicula Gmelin, 1791
Arca nodulosa Lightfoot, 1786
Arca aculeata Bruguière, 1789
Anadara thackwayi Iredale, 1927
Anadara granosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Arca corbula Dillwyn, 1817
Arca granosa Linnaeus, 1758
Arca obessa Kotaka, 1953
Anomalocardia pulchella Dunker, 1868
Anadara bisenensis Schrenck & Reinhardt, 1938
Arca granosa kamakuraensis Noda, 1966
Tegillarca granosa bessalis Iredale, 1939

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0307 — Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption
  - Clams, cockles and ark shells (families Arcidae, Arcticidae, Cardiidae, Donacidae, Hiatellidae, Mactridae, Mesodesmatidae, Myidae, Semelidae, Solecurtidae, Solenidae, Tridacnidae and Veneridae)
    - 0307 71 00 — Live, fresh or chilled
    - 0307 79 — Other
      - 0307 79 10 — Smoked, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
      - 0307 79 90 — Other
16 — CHAPTER 16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 1605 — Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved
  - Molluscs
    - 1605 56 00 — Clams, cockles and arkshells

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Tegillarca granosa

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Nutrition values

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central

Area 81 - Pacific, Southwest