Lutraria lutraria

Lutraria lutraria
Otter shell with unextended siphons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Lutraria
Species:
L. lutraria
Binomial name
Lutraria lutraria
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chama magna da Costa, 1778
  • Lutraria elliptica Lamarck, 1801
  • Lutraria elliptica var. latior Philippi, 1844
  • Lutraria lutraria var. panormensis Gregorio, 1885
  • Lutraria solida Philippi, 1851
  • Lutraria vulgaris Fleming, 1828
  • Mya lutraria Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)

Lutraria lutraria is a species of large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. Its common names include the otter shell and the common otter shell. It occurs in coastal regions of the north east Atlantic Ocean where it lives buried in the sand.

  1. ^ World Register of Marine Species