Spisula Gray, 1837
(trough shells)

Spisula (trough shells) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSpisula (trough shells)
FamilyMACTRIDAE (a family of molluscs)
SuperfamilyMACTROIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderVENEROIDA (veneroids)
InfraclassEuheterodonta (an infraclass of molluscs)
SubclassHETERODONTA (a subclass of bivalve molluscs)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Spisula (trough shells)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon 2008 Distinguishing between the Spisula species found in Britain

Spisula (trough shells) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Spisula (trough shells):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 37 images of Spisula (trough shells)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)