Species of mollusc
This article is about a clam found in the Eastern Atlantic. For a related species from US waters, see Atlantic surf clam .
Surf clam
External view of a shell of the surf clam
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Venerida
Superfamily:
Mactroidea
Family:
Mactridae
Genus:
Spisula
Species:
S. solida
Binomial name
Spisula solida Linnaeus , 1758 )
Synonyms
Cardium solidum Linnaeus , 1758Cardium triste Linnaeus , 1758Cyrena panormitana Bivona, 1839Mactra castanea Lamarck , 1818Mactra crassatella Lamarck , 1818Mactra gallina Spengler , 1802Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby , 1817Mactra solida (Linnaeus , 1758)Mactra striata Nyst, 1845Mactra truncata Montagu , 1808Spisula ovalis (J. Sowerby , 1817)Trigonella gallina da Costa, 1778Trigonella zonaria da Costa, 1778
The surf clam (Spisula solida ) is a medium-sized marine clam, or bivalve mollusc , found in the Eastern Atlantic from Iceland and northern Norway to Portugal and Spain . Up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long, like many clams, the surf clam is a sediment-burrowing filter feeder .
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
This species of clam is found in sandy bottom in the sublittoral zone. It is commonly found in the North Sea , Baltic Sea and the Irish Sea .
References
Spisula solida MarLIN entry
Spisula solida
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Right valve
Left valve
