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#4626 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Elliptical Trough Shell

🇳🇱 Ovale strandschelp ·Spisula elliptica

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Jan Johan ter Poorten · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
  4. 4. Holandia:© no rights reserved · CC0
  5. 5. Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
  6. 6. Zandvoort, Paesi Bassi:© StefanoS · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Ouddorp, Nederland:© Bas van Hulst-Kuiper · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Strand Noord, The Hague, South Holland, NL:© Tony · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Benno te Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
Elliptical Trough Shell, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Jan Johan ter Poorten · CC BY-SA 4.0

base stats

  • NL sightings 66iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 182iNaturalist observations

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 66 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 182 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Elliptical Trough Shell
Nederlands
Ovale strandschelp
scientific name
Spisula elliptica
class
Bivalvia
order
Venerida
family
Mactridae
sightings in NL
66
sightings in Europe
88
sightings worldwide
182
GBIF records in NL
3,670
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Mactridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 483134, Wikidata Q1847184, GBIF 5188985, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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