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Сахалинская спизула

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Сахалинская спизула

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Also known as surf clams, surfclams, trough shells, surf clam, surfclam

Spisula is a genus of medium-sized to large marine bivalve mollusks or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae, commonly known as surf clams or trough shells.

Species

surf clams

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassBivalvia
  4. OrderVenerida
  5. FamilyMactridae
Habitatmarine
Observations7,401

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,647
With media
98
Family
Mactridae
Collections
PRI, SDNHM, UWBM, USNM, LACM
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Mactridae
Image
Spisula aequilatera (triangle shell).JPG
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Commons category
Spisula
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Spisula
taxon common name
trauskjell
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