The surf clam (Spisula solida) is a medium-sized marine clam, or bivalve mollusc, found in the Eastern Atlantic from Iceland and northern Norway to Portugal and Spain. Up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long, like many clams, the surf clam is a sediment-burrowing filter feeder.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Solid Surfclam being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Spisula elliptica
- Spisula subtruncata
- Spisula isabelleana
- Mactra quadrangularis
- Mactra corallina
- Spisula raveneli
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Venerida
- Family
- Mactridae
- Genus
- Spisula
- Species
- Spisula solida
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