#4787 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Wedge Clam
🇳🇱 Stomp zaagje ·Donax trunculus
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what is it?
Donax trunculus ( abrupt wedge shell , wedge clam ), is a bivalve species in the family Donacidae. It is native to the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of western Europe. It is locally known as tellin , tellina , telline or "tenille" in French, tellina or coquina in Spanish, and conquilha or cadelinha in Portuguese, Um El-Kholol in Egypt, and is consumed as a food in these countries.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,855 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Wedge Clam
- Nederlands
- Stomp zaagje
- scientific name
- Donax trunculus
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Cardiida
- family
- Donacidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,990
- sightings worldwide
- 2,855
- GBIF records in NL
- 4
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Donacidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 59392, Wikidata Q3036241, GBIF 5729032, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.