Spisula subtruncata
Cut through shell | |
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External view of a shell of the cut through shell | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Subclass: | Heterodonta |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | Mactridae |
Genus: | Spisula |
Species: | S. subtruncata
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Binomial name | |
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
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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]
This species of clam is found in sandy and silty bottom in the sublittoral zone, where it lives as a sediment-burrowing filter feeder.
References[]
- ^ Tebble, Norman (1976). British Bivalve Seashells. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum.
Categories:
- Mactridae
- Bivalves described in 1778
- Bivalve stubs