Species of mollusc
This article is about a clam found in the Eastern Atlantic. For a related species from US waters, see
Atlantic surf clam.
| Surf clam
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| External view of a shell of the surf clam
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Bivalvia
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| Order:
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Venerida
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| Superfamily:
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Mactroidea
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| Family:
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Mactridae
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| Genus:
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Spisula
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| Species:
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S. solida
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| Binomial name
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Spisula solida
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| Synonyms
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- Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758
- Cardium triste Linnaeus, 1758
- Cyrena panormitana Bivona, 1839
- Mactra castanea Lamarck, 1818
- Mactra crassatella Lamarck, 1818
- Mactra gallina Spengler, 1802
- Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817
- Mactra solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Mactra striata Nyst, 1845
- Mactra truncata Montagu, 1808
- Spisula ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817)
- Trigonella gallina da Costa, 1778
- Trigonella zonaria da Costa, 1778
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The surf clam (Spisula solida) is a medium-sized marine clam, or bivalve mollusc, found in the Eastern Atlantic from Iceland and northern Norway to Portugal and Spain. Up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long, like many clams, the surf clam is a sediment-burrowing filter feeder.[1][2]
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
This species of clam is found in sandy bottom in the sublittoral zone. It is commonly found in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and the Irish Sea.
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