Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Subfamily Tapetinae > Genus Ruditapes

Ruditapes philippinarum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ruditapes*	Chiamenti, 1900	accepted genus name
*Tapes (Ruditapes)*	Chiamenti, 1900	synonym
*Venerupis (Ruditapes)*	Chiamenti, 1900	synonym

Species group names

*Paphia bifurcata*	Quayle, 1938	synonym
*Tapes (Ruditapes) philippinarum*	(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)	synonym
*Tapes denticulata*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1852	synonym
*Tapes ducalis*	Römer, 1870	synonym
*Tapes indica*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1852	synonym
*Tapes japonica*	Deshayes, 1854	synonym
*Tapes philippinarum*	(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)	synonym
*Tapes philippinarum okupi*	Bryan, 1919	synonym
*Tapes semidecussata*	Reeve, 1864	synonym
*Tapes violascens*	Deshayes, 1854	synonym
*Venerupis (Ruditapes) philippinarum*	(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)	synonym; alternate representation
*Venus analis*	R. A. Philippi, 1851	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Aziatische tapijtschelp; Japanse tapijtschelp sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: Japanese carpet shell; Japanese clam; Japanese littleneck; Japanese littleneck clam; Manila clam; Manilla clam; short-necked clam sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: palourde croisée japonaise; palourde japonaise sources: Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: Japanische Teichmuschel; Japanische Teppichmuschel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Japanese: アサリ

Literature

additional source	Ubukata, T. (2000). Theoretical Morphology of Composite Prismatic, Fibrous Prismatic and Foliated Shell Microstructures in Bivalves. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 59 (4): 297-305.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	Humphreys, J.; Harris, M. R. C.; Herbert, R. J. H.; Farrell, P.; Jensen, A.; Cragg, S. M. (2015). Introduction, dispersal and naturalization of the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum in British estuaries, 1980–2010. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95(06): 1163-1172.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Yokogawa, K. (1998). Morphological Variabilities and Genetic Features in Japanese Common Clam Ruditapes philippinarum. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 57 (2): 121-132.
additional source	Sekine, Y.; Yamakawa, H.; Takazawa, S.; Lin, Y.; Toba, M. (2006). Geographic Variation of the COX1 Gene of the Short-neck Clam Ruditapes philippinarum in Coastal Regions of Japan and China. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 65 (3): 229-240.
additional source	Corni, M. G. ; Trentini, M. (1990). The Chromosomes of Venerupis aurea and Ruditapes philippinarum of the Northern Adriatic Sea (Bivalvia, Heterodonta,Veneridae). VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 49(3):258--261.
additional source	Kanazawa, T.; Sato, S. (2007). Environmental and physiological controls on shell microgrowth pattern of Ruditapes philippinarum (Bivalvia: Veneridae) from Japan. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 74(1): 89-95.
additional source	Ujino, S.; Matsukuma, A. (2009). Trends in Life Orientations of Nine Infaunal Bivalve Species Based on Quantitative Measurement Data. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 68 (1-2): 39-54.
additional source	Humphreys, J. (2025). Revisiting the indigenous distribution of the “Manila clam” Ruditapes philippinarum: Mechanisms of persistent error. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 314: 109152.
source of synonymy	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ruditapes philippinarum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231750