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. ^[1] 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

Brown form
Right valve
Brown form
Left valve
Grey form
Right valve
Grey form
Left valve

Spisula subtruncata var. triangula

Right valve
Left valve

References

^ Tebble, Norman (1976). British Bivalve Seashells. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum.

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[1] Tebble, Norman (1976). British Bivalve Seashells. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum.

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