Spisula subtruncata
Species of mollusc
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Spisula subtruncata, the Cut Trough Shell, is a medium-sized marine clam, or bivalve mollusc, found in the Eastern Atlantic from Iceland to Morocco and into the Mediterranean Sea. Common and sometimes very numerous. Up to 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) long, with a distinct triangular shape. [1] This species of clam is found in sandy and silty bottom in the sublittoral zone, where it lives as a sediment-burrowing filter feeder.
| Cut Trough Shell | |
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| External view of a shell of the Cut Trough Shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Mactridae |
| Subfamily: | Mactrinae |
| Genus: | Spisula |
| Species: | S. subtruncata |
| Binomial name | |
| Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) | |
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Spisula subtruncata
Brown form
Right valve
Brown form
Left valve
Grey form
Right valve- Grey form
Left valve
Spisula subtruncata var. triangula
Right valve
Left valve
