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Spisula solida
Species of mollusc / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a clam found in the Eastern Atlantic. For a related species from US waters, see Atlantic surf clam.
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]
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External view of a shell of the surf clam | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Mactroidea |
Family: | Mactridae |
Genus: | Spisula |
Species: | S. solida |
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Spisula solida | |
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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.