Spisula solida

This article is about a clam found in the Eastern Atlantic. For a related species from US waters, see Atlantic surf clam.

Surf clam
External view of a shell of the surf clam
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Subfamily: Mactrinae
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

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]

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

  • Right valve
    Right valve
  • Left valve
    Left valve

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

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


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