Spisula
| Spisula | |
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| One valve of Spisula aequilateralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
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| Family: | Mactridae |
| Genus: | Spisula Gray, 1837 |
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Spisula is a genus of medium-sized to large marine bivalve mollusks or clams in the family Mactridae, commonly known as surf clams or trough shells.
Species[]
Species in the genus Spisula include:
- Spisula acquilateralis (Deshayes, 1854) – Triangle shell
- (J. Sowerby, 1817)
- Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) – Atlantic surfclam
- Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
- Spisula sachalinensis
References[]
Categories:
- Mactridae
- Bivalve genera