Donax trunculus

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Donax trunculus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Cardiida
Family: Donacidae
Genus: Donax
Species:
D. trunculus
Binomial name
Donax trunculus
Wedge Clam on the Beach

The truncate donax,[1] abrupt wedge shell, wedge clam or coquina clam[2] (Donax trunculus), is a bivalve species in the family Donacidae. It is native to the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of western Europe,[1] as well as the Red sea,[3]where it is consumed as a food. The wedge clam prefers to live at depths of 0-2m and in clean, fine, and well sorted sand.[4] These clams are efficient and rapid burrowers, and their survival relies heavily on the composition of the sand they burrow in.[4] Their burrowing times vary based on the coarseness of the sand, which reflects their prevalence in these fine-sanded environments.[5] The wedge clam is a popular food item for human consumption, but can carry heavy metals and hydrocarbon contaminations.[6] As they are commonly consumed raw or lightly cooked, these contaminants are commonly present at the time of consumption.[6] Despite this, the wedge clam is an efficient bioindicator of heavy metals and hydrocarbon contaminants in their environment.[6]

Names in other languages[]

It is locally known as flion, flion tronqué, olive de mer, haricot de mer or telline (among other names) in French,[7][2][8] lagagnon in the area of Arcaishon and Les Landes,[8] cadelucha in the Bayonne region,[9] which coincides with the Basque name of kadeluxa; tellin, tellina, telline, tenille or truille[9] in the Occitan-speaking area of the Mediterranean, tellina or arsella in Italian, tellerina, tellina or escopinya francesa in Catalan (the latter variant used on Menorca),[10][2][11][12][13][14][15] jòcula cautxa in Catalan of the Alguerès variant,[16] coquina truncada or coquina in Spanish,[7][17][18][14]cadelucha, coquina or navalliña in Galician, conquilha or cadelinha in Portuguese and Um El-Kholol in Egyptian Arabic, etc. A very similar shellfish in Australia is locally known as "Pippies".

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Donax trunculus" at the Encyclopedia of Life, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, USA. [Consulted 27-09-2021].
  2. ^ a b c "Donax trunculus", TermCat. [Consulted 27-09-2021].
  3. ^ "Donax trunculus, Truncate Donax". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  4. ^ a b "Donax trunculus, Truncate Donax". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  5. ^ Gosling, EM (2015). Marine bivalve molluscs. John Wiley and Sons.
  6. ^ a b c Heiba, Fadia; Nassef, Mohamed; Mona, Mahy; El−Rasheedy, Israa (Winter/Spring 2021///Winter/Spring2021). "The Depuration Effect on Heavy Metals and Total Hydrocarbons Contamination Levels in Donax trunculus and Its Influence on The Expression of Oxidative Stress-Related Genes: تأثيره على (Donax trunculus) تأثير التنقية على التلوث بالمعادن الثقيلة والهيدروكربونات الكلية في أم الخلول تعبيرات الجينات المرتبطة بالإجهاد التأكسدي". Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. B, Zoology. 13 (1): 77–89. doi:10.21608/EAJBSZ.2021.153758. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ a b "Donax trunculus", SeaLifeBase. [Consulted 27-09-2021].
  8. ^ a b "Donax trunculus - Flion tronqué" (in French), DORIS (Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et la flore Subaquatiques). [Consulted 27-09-2021].
  9. ^ a b "Animals sedentaris, noms viatgers", Llengua ligur i altres llengües del nord d'Itàlia, 13 June 2012, with an excerpt from Trésor de la Langue Française, which in turn cites Les algues et invertébrés marins despêches françaises (1992).
  10. ^ Lloris, Domènec and Messeguer, Sergi: Recursos Marins del Mediterrani. Fauna i Flora del Mar Català (in Catalan), Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia i Pesca, 2000, 2a edició 2002, p. 180.
  11. ^ "Tellerina" in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. [Consulted 27-09-2021].
  12. ^ "Tellerina" in Diccionari normatiu valencià. [Consulted 27-09-2021].
  13. ^ "Donax trunculus" (in Catalan), Museu de la Pesca, Palamós. [Consulted 27-09-2021].
  14. ^ a b "Els noms dels peixos i mariscs" (in Catalan), Universitat de les Illes Balears. [Consulted 27-09-2021].
  15. ^ "Productes marins rars de la Costa Brava" (in Catalan), Jaume Fàbrega, Revista de Girona, No. 183, July-August 1997, p. 31.
  16. ^ Corbera Pou, Jaume: "Jòcula cauxta (plana, llisa i petita)" in Caracterització del lèxic alguerès. Contribució al coneixement del lèxic alguerès modern, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2000, 325 pages, p. 92.
  17. ^ "Donax trunculus" (in Spanish), ICTIOTERM database Andalucía. [Consulted 27-09-2021].
  18. ^ "Donax trunculus" (in Spanish), Asturnatura. [Consulted 27-09-2021].

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