#4608 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Solid Surfclam

🇳🇱 Stevige strandschelp ·Spisula solida

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Patrick Meurin · CC BY 4.0
2. © ðejay (Orkney) · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Elke Entenmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Elke Entenmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
7. Zeeland:© avdz · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Rotterdam, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 4511 Breskens, Niederlande:© Susanne Schneiderwind · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Texel, Nederland:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The surf clam ( Spisula solida , is a medium-sized marine clam, or bivalve mollusc commonly found in the waters surrounding Great Britain. 0 in) long, it is like many clams a sediment-burrowing filter feeder.

base stats

NL sightings 113iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,543iNaturalist 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 113 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #40 most seen of the snails, slugs & other molluscs in NL.
1,543 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).