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More model informationカキの仲間でも特に大型だが、蜂の巣状の殻構造のために比較的軽い。殻の腹縁がギザギザに波打っているのが特徴。奄美群島以南の熱帯インドから西太平洋、水深30m以浅の岩礁底に棲息する。
Among oysters, it is particularly large, yet relatively light due to its honeycomb-like shell structure. Its characteristic feature is the jagged, wavy edge along the ventral margin of the shell. It inhabits rocky reef bottoms in shallow waters less than 30 meters deep, from tropical India south of the Amami Islands to the western Pacific Ocean.
和名:シャコガキ
英名:Honeycomb oyster
学名:Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus,1758) ベッコウガキ科 Glyphaeidae
殻長:12㎝
参考文献:「日本近海産貝類図鑑」【第二版】奥谷喬司 編著 東海大学出版部(2017年1月)
References:Illustrated Guide to Shellfish of Japanese Coastal Waters [Second Edition] Edited by Takashi Okutani Tokai University Press (January 2017)
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