Spisula subtruncata

Cut Trough Shell
External view of a shell of the Cut Trough Shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Mactroidea
Family:	Mactridae
Genus:	Spisula
Species:	S. subtruncata
Binomial name
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms
Trigonella subtruncata da Costa, 1778 Mactra subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) Mactra lactea Poli, 1791 Mactra triangula Brocchi, 1814 Spisula triangula (Brocchi, 1814) Mactra deltoides Lamarck, 1818 Mactra striata T. Brown, 1827 Mactra euxinica Krynicki, 1837

Spisula subtruncata, the Cut Trough 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. This species of clam is found in sandy and silty bottom in the sublittoral zone, where it lives as a sediment-burrowing filter feeder.

Gallery

Spisula subtruncata

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  Brown form
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  Brown form
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  Grey form
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  Grey form
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Spisula subtruncata var. triangula

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