Spisula

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Spisula
Triangle shell
Spisula aequilateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Spisula
Gray, 1837
Species

See text.

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.

Species

Species in the genus Spisula include:

  • Spisula acquilateralis (Deshayes, 1854) - Triangle shell
  • Spisula elliptica
  • Spisula ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817)
  • Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) - Atlantic surfclam
  • Spisula subtruncata
  • Spisula sachalinensis
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