Anadara kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906)
Japan, China. Accidentally introduced in Mediterranean via shipping (ballasts) and conchyliculture. Also found in Black Sea, Brittany, Netherlands…
Original taxon: Arca kagoshimensis.
Synonyms: amygdalum Philippi, subcrenata Lischke.
Trawled off Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 47mm.
A shell from Venezia, N. Adriatic, 53mm.
For a long time this species was mistaken for Anadara inaequivalvis (Bruguière, 1789).
Marina di Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, NE. Italy, 61mm.

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