Amusium pleuronectes
{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}
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| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.10738 - Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758) - Pectinidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
| genus = Amusium
| species = pleuronectes
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Amusium pleuronectes is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.{{cite web |title=Amusium pleuronectes (Linnaeus, 1758) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4374006 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=19 October 2021 |language=en}}
The species is found in Southeastern Asia and Australia. They are edible and sold at wet markets in Malaysia.{{cite journal |last1=Hamli |first1=Hadi |last2=Idris |first2=Mohd Hanafi |last3=Kamal |first3=Abu Hena Mustafa |last4=King |first4=Wong Sing |title=Diversity of Edible Mollusc (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) at Selected Division of Sarawak, Malaysia |journal=International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology |date=2012 |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=276 |doi=10.18517/ijaseit.2.4.202 |citeseerx=10.1.1.866.922 }} In Hong Kong, the dried product is bought sold for cooking double-stewed soup.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
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Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Category:Bivalves described in 1758
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