Spisula solida

Surf clam
	External view of a shell of the surf clam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Mactridae
Subfamily:	Mactrinae
Genus:	Spisula
Species:	S. solida
Binomial name
	Spisula solida; (Linnaeus, 1758)
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.¹²

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.

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