Appearance
This species has a very thin and delicate shell, which has concentric growth lines and sometimes also has colored radiating bands, hence its common name, the rayed trough shell. The shell interior is white.
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Species
Rayed Trough Shell
Mactra stultorum, (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine
About Rayed Trough Shell
The rayed trough shell (Mactra stultorum, previously sometimes known as Mactra corallina), is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae, the trough shells.
Habitat
This species lives in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean coasts, and the west coast of Europe, from Norway to the Iberian Peninsula, and south to Senegal.
Where to see it
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