Outside of left valve

Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Strangford Lough. Length = 28mm.
<em>Spisula subtruncata</em> (da Costa, 1778)
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Strangford Lough. Length = 28mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Strangford Lough. Length = 28mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Strangford Lough. Length = 27mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Strangford Lough. Length = 27mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Strangford Lough. Length = 27mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Strangford Lough. Length = 27mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Strangford Lough. Length = 27mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Strangford Lough. Length = 27mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Strangford Lough. Length = 27mm.
CommonDistributed from the Norwegian Sea to the Oberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Burrows in sand or muddy sand often in large numbers. It feeds by filtering phytoplankton.
Solid shell up to about 2.5cm in length. The outside is dirty white in colour; the inside is white. The surface is sculptured with obvious concentric ridges and grooves.