Spisula subtruncata

Spisula subtruncata, the cut through shell, is a medium-sized marine clam, or bivalve mollusc, found in the Eastern Atlantic from Iceland to Morocco and into the Mediterranean Sea. Common and sometimes very numerous. Up to 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) long, with a distinct triangular shape. [1]

Cut through shell
External view of a shell of the cut through shell
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Spisula
Species:
S. subtruncata
Binomial name
Spisula subtruncata
(da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms
  • Trigonella subtruncata da Costa, 1778
  • Mactra subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
  • Mactra lactea Poli, 1791
  • Mactra triangula Brocchi, 1814
  • Spisula triangula (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Mactra deltoides Lamarck, 1818
  • Mactra striata T. Brown, 1827
  • Mactra euxinica Krynicki, 1837

This species of clam is found in sandy and silty bottom in the sublittoral zone, where it lives as a sediment-burrowing filter feeder.

  • Right valve
    Right valve
  • Left valve
    Left valve

References
  1. Tebble, Norman (1976). British Bivalve Seashells. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum.


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