Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Mactroidea > Family Mactridae > Genus Spisula

Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spisula*	Gray, 1837	accepted genus name
*Spisula (Hemimactra)*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Spisula (Spisula)*	Gray, 1837	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: reuzenstrandschelp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Atlantic surf clam; Atlantic surfclam

Literature

basis of record	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (107 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
GenBank (266 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Huber, M.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156996