Pectinidae
Bractaechlamys quadrilirata (Lischke, 1870)
Description
Left valve brown or reddish brown with irregular white splotches. Right
valve white with irregular pale brown splotches. 11-12 fat radial ribs
subdivided into several reblets. Anterior ear bigger than posterior.
Locality
Japan: Mouth of Tokyo Bay in 50m, Izu peninsula, Noto peninsula, Shikoku, Kyushu, Amamioshima, Okinawa.
South China Sea.
Philippines.
Original articles of scientific name
1870 Lischke, C. E., 'Diagnosen neuer Meeres-Conchylien von Japan'.
Malakozoologische Blatter.
Original of Japanese name
1913 Wasaburo Yagura.
Remarks
B. quadrilirata had been caught from Kyushu. However, this shell was
found also in Mouth of Tokyo Bay recently.