The crocus chime is the most colorful and beautiful chime in shellfish. Its maximum length is 15 ~ 20cm, and it is also the birthday star of the marine world. Its life span exceeds 100 years, and it is known as the "king of shellfish". They are mainly distributed in Taiping Island, Bandao, Hengchun, Lan Yu and Dongsha Island in Pingtung County in Nansha.

Features:

It is the most colorful and beautiful clam, with the maximum length of 15~20 cm, and the crocus sativus is the largest kind of bivalve, with the maximum shell length of 1.8 m and the weight of 500 kg. It is also the birthday star in the marine world, and its life span can exceed 100 years. It is estimated that the average individual with shell length 1 m has been growing for one hundred years, and it is well-deserved to be called "the king of shellfish".

The shell is triangular and oval, and the two shells are moderately inflated. The top of the shell is low and inclined forward, and there is a big foot hole behind the center and in front. The shell surface is grayish white, yellow or saffron. The cooling ribs on the shell surface are low and wide, and the grooves between ribs are shallow and narrow. There are dense low-scale concentric engravings on the surface of shells. The inside of the shell is white porcelain.