Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Mactroidea > Family Mactridae > Subfamily Mactrinae > Genus Spisula

Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cardium Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Cyrena panormitana*	Bivona, 1839	synonym
*Mactra castanea*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Mactra crassatella*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Mactra ovalis*	J. Sowerby, 1817	synonym
*Mactra solida*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Mactra solida var. conjunctiva*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Mactra striata*	Nyst, 1845	synonym
*Mactra truncata*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Spisula (Spisula) ovalis*	(J. Sowerby, 1817)	synonym; alternate representation
*Spisula ovalis*	(J. Sowerby, 1817)	synonym
*Trigonella gallina*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Trigonella zonaria*	da Costa, 1778	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Basque: txirla zuria sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Catalan: cloïssa blanca; ou blanc sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Danish: tykskallet trugmusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: stevige strandschelp sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: bar clam; solid surf clam; surf clam; thick surfclam; thick trough shell sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Degraer, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Appeltans, W.; Cooreman, K.; Deprez, T.; Hillewaert, H.; Hostens, K.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M. (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.

Finnish: vinohammassimpukka

French: mactre solide; spisule épaisse; spisule solide sources: Degraer, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Appeltans, W.; Cooreman, K.; Deprez, T.; Hillewaert, H.; Hostens, K.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M. (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

Galician: ameixa branca; cornicha sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

German: dickschalige Trogmuschel; Dickwandige Trogmuschel; feste Trogmuschel; Ovale Trogmuschel sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Portuguese: amêijoa branca sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Spanish, Castillian: almeja blanca; clica

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140301