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Spisula
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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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Spisula is referenced by 40 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Bivalvia and Animalia.
Vinony files it under Bivalve genera, Mactridae and Taxa named by John Edward Gray.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
surf clams
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyMactridae
Habitatmarine
Observations7,401
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,647
- With media
- 98
- Family
- Mactridae
- Collections
- PRI, SDNHM, UWBM, USNM, LACM
- Recorded in
- United States
Research
270 papers- Structural and dynamic characterization of the hexa-coordinated globin from Spisula solidissima.Journal of inorganic biochemistry · 2023
- Isolation of centrosomes from Spisula solidissima oocytes.Methods in cell biology · 1999
- Transcriptomic Response of the Atlantic Surfclam (Spisula solidissima) to Acute Heat Stress.Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.) · 2024
- The genome sequence of the cut surfclam, Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778).Wellcome open research · 2024
- Centriole duplication, centrosome maturation and spindle assembly in lysates of Spisula solidissima oocytes.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2001
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Spisula
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Spisula
- taxon common name
- trauskjell
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World Register of Marine Species
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iNaturalist
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Catalogue of Life
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Mactridae
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