Biology:Spisula subtruncata

Cut through shell
	External view of a shell of the cut through shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Mactroidea
Family:	Mactridae
Genus:	Spisula
Species:	S. subtruncata
Binomial name
	Spisula subtruncata; (da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms
	Trigonella subtruncata da Costa, 1778; Mactra subtruncata (da Costa, 1778); Mactra lactea Poli, 1791; Mactra triangula Brocchi, 1814; Spisula triangula (Brocchi, 1814); Mactra deltoides Lamarck, 1818; Mactra striata T. Brown, 1827; Mactra euxinica Krynicki, 1837;

Short description: Species of mollusc

Spisula subtruncata, the cut through 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.