美洲帘蛤又称美国硬壳蛤,原分布于美国东海岸,是美国大西洋沿岸浅海和滩涂主要的经济双壳贝类之一,属广温、广盐性底栖经济贝类,对环境耐性强,适应于不同底质。不仅能在砂底质沿海生长,而且在泥底质中也能够获得较好的生长,特别适合泥砂质滩涂为主的特点,比其他养殖贝类如文蛤、青蛤具更强的耐低氧能力。 America, also known as the American hard-shelled clams American clams, originally located in the east coast of the United States, is the United States coast of shallow water and tidal flats, one of the major economic bivalves, is a broad temperature, wide-salinized benthic economic shellfish, environmental tolerance Strong, adapted to different substrates. It not only can grow along the sand substrate, but also grow well in the mud substrate. It is especially suitable for mud-sand tidal flat. It is more resistant to hypoxia than other cultured shellfish such as clams and clams ability.