- Japanese Common Name
- Ozunguriagemaki(in japanese)
- Scientific name
- Azorinus scheepmakeri
- Taxonomy
- Order: Veneroida, Family: Solecurtidae
- Size
- About 9 cm
- Species Distribution
- Haneji inland Sea, Shioya bay in Okinawa (for overseas, tidal flats in Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thai)
- Okinawan Common Name
- Eeminah
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Critically Endangered and Endangered
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Critically Endangered and Endangered
- In Japan, Haneji inland Sea and Shioya bay in Okinawa are the only places this species has been observed. It lives deep in mud flats. A special method was used to collect the mollusk to eat in Haneji area.
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- Updated July 2017
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