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.[1][2]

Surf clam
External view of a shell of the surf clam
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Spisula
Species:
S. solida
Binomial name
Spisula solida
Synonyms
  • Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Cardium triste Linnaeus, 1758
  • Cyrena panormitana Bivona, 1839
  • Mactra castanea Lamarck, 1818
  • Mactra crassatella Lamarck, 1818
  • Mactra gallina Spengler, 1802
  • Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817
  • Mactra solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mactra striata Nyst, 1845
  • Mactra truncata Montagu, 1808
  • Spisula ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817)
  • Trigonella gallina da Costa, 1778
  • Trigonella zonaria da Costa, 1778

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

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  1. ^ Spisula solida, a MarLIN entry
  2. ^ Spisula solida ,a Marbef entry