地方名：粒蚶、血蚶、血螺、瓦垄哈。属软体动物门，双壳纲，列齿目，蚶科，蚶属。泥蚶广泛分布于印度洋、西太平洋，中国传统的养殖贝类。泥蚶喜栖息在淡水注入的内湾及河口附近的软泥滩涂上，在中潮区和低潮区的交界处数量最多，埋居其中。
学名：Tegillarca granosa
英文名：Mud clam
This species belongs to the family of Arcidae.order of Taxodonta,also known as blood clam.Widely distributed in the Indian Ocean,the western Pacific, which is the traditional Chinese farming shellfish.It likes to live inhabit in the inner oceans and soft beach near the estuaries.It is abundant, and buried in the middle and low tide areas.