Spisula

Spisula
One valve of Spisula aequilateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Spisula
Gray, 1837
Species

See text.

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

Species

Species in the genus Spisula include:

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References

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