arcidae การใช้

• Many species of mussels secrete byssus threads to anchor themselves to surfaces, with Families including the Arcidae, Mytilidae, Anomiidae, Pinnidae, Pectinidae, Dreissenidae, and Unionidae.
• The blood cockle, " Tegillarca granosa " ( not related to the true cockles, instead in the family Arcidae ) is extensively cultured from southern Korea to Malaysia.
• Four different types of shell are used in making shell money, A red lipped rock oyster known as " romu " ( " Chama pacifica in the family Chamidae " ), white shell known as " ke'e " ( " Beguina semiorbiculata " in the Carditidae ), black horse mussel shells called " kurila " ( " Atrina vexillum " in the Pinnidae ) and thick white disks from a rigid cockle known as " kakadu " or " kakandu " ( " Anadara granosa " in the Arcidae)