Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Spisula solida
Mactra solida
thick trough shell
thick surfclam
surf clam
solid surf clam
bar clam
culyick
Collection ID:
Z555.1.216
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 3 specimens. All individual left valves. Thick, fairly large, white shells with clear, well defined concentric growth lines as well as finer concentric striae. Internal surface is also white and glossy with clear muscle scars. Can be found on almost all coasts from the low intertidal to nearshore depths.
Field collection
| Collector | Robert Rendall |
References
| Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.193) |
