#4589 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Banded Wedge Shell
🇳🇱 Zaagje ·Donax vittatus
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?
Donax vittatus , or the banded wedge shell , is a species of bivalve mollusc in the order Veneroida. It is found on beaches in north west Europe buried in the sand on the lower shore.
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
- Spotted 210 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #21 most seen of the snails, slugs & other molluscs in NL.
- 1,361 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Emanuel Mendes da Costa in 1778 (248 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Banded Wedge Shell
- Nederlands
- Zaagje
- scientific name
- Donax vittatus
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Cardiida
- family
- Donacidae
- sightings in NL
- 210
- sightings in Europe
- 1,016
- sightings worldwide
- 1,361
- GBIF records in NL
- 41,618
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1778 by Emanuel Mendes da Costa
relatives· Donacidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 363775, Wikidata Q2876114, GBIF 5189106, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.