Spisula

Spisula
One valve of Spisula adamsi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Spisula
Gray, 1837
Type species
Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Hemimactra Swainson, 1840
  • Notospisula Iredale, 1930
  • Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 alternate representation
  • Spisula (Notospisula) Iredale, 1930
  • † Spisula (Ruellia) Cossmann, 1913 · alternate representation
  • Spisula (Spisula) Gray, 1837 · alternate representation
  • Spisula (Spisulona) Marwick, 1948 · alternate representation
  • Spisulina P. Fischer, 1887
  • † Spisulona Marwick, 1948
Stimpson's surf clam (Mactromeris polynyma) as sashimi

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. [1]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spisula Gray, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2022-06-20