Spisula

Spisula

Taxobox
name = "Spisula"


image_caption = Triangle shell
"Spisula aequilateralis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Veneroida
familia = Mactridae
genus = "Spisula"
genus_authority = Gray, 1837
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Spisula" is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks or clams in the family Mactridae, commonly known as triangle shells. The shells are generally triangular, with narrow beaks, and sharply angled anterior and posterior slopes.

pecies in the genus "Spisula"

* "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"

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