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SpeciesAdapedontaHiatellidae
Molluscs

🐚Geoduck

Panopea generosa A.Gould, 1850

太平洋潛泥蛤（學名：Panopea generosa），俗名象拔蚌，JBP，又名象牙蚌、皇帝蚌、女神蛤、肉蚌，是一种可食用蛤蜊，象拔蚌的壳一般长15-20厘米，但是其虹管可长达一米，形似象鼻，又大又多肉，因此被稱為「象拔蚌」。原產地在北美洲西海岸北太平洋沿海，當由尤以華盛頓州及溫哥華海岸盛產。 象拔蚌在蛤蜊中体积是相当大的，成年期之后其天敌很少，因此也是自然界的长寿物种，最長壽的紀錄是168歲。象拔蚌為一种受華人及日本人崇尚食用的高級海鮮。過往由於北美當地人並不吃象拔蚌，當地的象拔蚌生長狀況良好。自從於1970年代由香港新同樂魚翅酒家少東袁兆英先生把牠引進入香港售賣後，开始了商业捕捞。從此，很多美洲華裔移民開始捕食及出售。象拔蚌在亚洲食品市场很受欢迎，野生数量快速下降。當地的象拔蚌开始瀕臨絕種。现在已有很多来自人工养殖。人工养殖过程是否会破坏环境还有待观察。

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Also called
Pacific Geoduck
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Panopea generosa yet.

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Maximum lifespan
168 years
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Maximum lifespan
168 yearsrecord 100 years · SeaLifeBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Shell length
0.17 mmaximum recorded, shell length
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumMollusca
  3. ›classBivalvia
  4. ›orderAdapedonta
  5. ›familyHiatellidae
  6. ›genusPanopea
  7. ›speciesPanopea generosa
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  1. phylumMolluscs · Mollusca
  2. classClams, mussels & oysters · Bivalvia
  3. familyHiatellidae
  4. genusPanopea
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumMolluscs · Mollusca
  3. classClams, mussels & oysters · Bivalvia
  4. subclassHeterodonta
  5. superorderImparidentia
  6. orderAdapedonta
  7. superfamilyHiatelloidea
  8. familyHiatellidae
  9. genusPanopea
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太平洋潜泥蛤 (zh), Panopea generosa (pt), Panopea generosa (fr), 코끼리조개 (ko), Гуидак (ru), Panopea generosa (es) … and 14 more languages
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