Spisula
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Spisula is a genus of medium-sized to large marine
bivalve mollusks or clams in the family
Mactridae
, commonly known as triangle shells or surf clams.
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
bivalve mollusks or clams in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Mactridae
Mactridae
Mactridae, also known as trough shells or duck clams, is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.-Characteristics:...
, commonly known as triangle shells or surf clams.
Species
Species in the genus Spisula include:- Spisula acquilateralis (DeshayesGérard Paul DeshayesGérard Paul Deshayes was a French geologist and conchologist.He was born in Nancy, his father at that time being professor of experimental physics in the École Centrale of the Meurthe département....
, 1854) - Triangle shell - Spisula elliptica
- Spisula ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817)
- Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) - Atlantic surfclam
- Spisula subtruncata
- Spisula sachalinensis