Mactra stultorum
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| Mactra sultorum Linnaeus, 1884 |
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Mactra corollina |
Mactra stultorum is a marine bivalve in the family Mactridae. It has a very thin and delicate shell which has concentric lines, sometimes also radiating bands, hence its common name, rayed trough shell. Its interior is white. It is found on sandy (rarely soft) bottoms at depths of between 5 and 30 m although it is often cast up on beaches by waves. Regularly sold in markets for cooking. It lives in the Black Sea, Mediterranean coasts, the west coast of Europe north from Norway down to the Iberian Peninsula, south to Senegal.
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