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this shell is abundant in the beach resort where i live in the Philippines our local name for it is Lampirong. it's meat tastes like chicken and the shells are being used and exported by the shell craft industry. please help me name this so i will have answers for those tourists who come and visit us. thanks!
2007-09-10 21:06:26 · 4 answers · asked by chedyan 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Scientific Name: Placuna placenta
American Name: Windowpane Oyster
http://www.thebluetrumpet.com/catalog/about_products.php?osCsid=fc1521aa91054d96ff8c8cfdf90e63d2
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/comsite5/bin/pdinventory.pl?pdlanding=1&referid=2930&purchase_type=ITM&item_id=0286-26238020
From Philippine Daily Inquirer
Byline: Ma. Diosa Labiste, Iloilo City
FIRST, the good news: two valuable mollusks, the "kapis" (Placuna placenta) or windowpane oysters....
... Kapis, also locally known as "lampirong," is a bivalve mollusk with translucent shell and small body...
2007-09-11 07:16:55 · answer #1 · answered by Dave C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like flame scallop.This is the name for the dark shell ones. The ones with nacar white shells are capiz shell.
2007-09-11 06:15:30 · answer #2 · answered by deliciasyvariedades 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
The name is scallop, according to the website.
And Capiz shells, according to the second website that I have pasted below.
I hope this helps.
2007-09-11 01:01:21 · answer #3 · answered by RH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCALLOPS:
It looks more like an oyster but "LAMPIRONG" is a scallop.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2006/01/02/news/.lampirong.overflowed.san.enrique.waters.html
The shell is referred to as a Capiz shell.
2007-09-11 00:59:00 · answer #4 · answered by Desi Chef 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋