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Mactra or Spisula solidissima
Sea clam Sea" clam` (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactrid[ae], as the common American species. (Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam.
Mactra or Spisula solidissima
Surf Surf, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. Surf bird (Zo["o]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone. Surf clam (Zo["o]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima. See Mactra. Surf duck (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially O. percpicillata; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note under Scoter. Surf fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid. Surf smelt. (Zo["o]l.) See Smelt. Surf whiting. (Zo["o]l.) See under Whiting.
Spisula solidissima
Clam Clam, n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. --Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand. --Wood (1634). 2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps. 3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood. Blood clam. See under Blood.

Meaning of Spisula from wikipedia

- The Atlantic surf clam (Spisula solidissima), also called the bar clam, hen clam, skimmer or simply sea clam, is a very large, edible, sal****er clam...
- the genus Spisula include: Spisula adamsi Olsson, 1961 Spisula austini Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 †Spisula bernayi (Cossmann, 1886) † Spisula brombachensis...
- The surf clam (Spisula solida) is a medium-sized marine clam, or bivalve mollusc, found in the Eastern Atlantic from Iceland and northern Norway to Portugal...
- Spisula sachalinensis (****anese: 姥貝, Ubagai or 北寄貝, Hokkigai; Uilta: Sarukki), the Sakhalin surf clam, is a species of edible sal****er clam in the family...
- exploited on the Atlantic Coast of the United States is the surf clam, Spisula solidissima. Scallops are also used for food nationwide, but not ****les:...
- Cr****ula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854) Synonyms Mactra aequilatera Reeve, 1854 Mactra aequilateralis Deshayes, 1854 Spisula aequilateralis (Deshayes, 1854)...
- Spisula subtruncata, the cut through s****, is a medium-sized marine clam, or bivalve mollusc, found in the Eastern Atlantic from Iceland to Morocco and...
- to: Spisula sachalinensis, also known as Sakhalin surf clam, commonly used for sushi (hokkigai) Spisula solida, native to the British Isles Spisula solidissima...
- Austrovenus stutchburyi Saxidomus nuttalli Arctica islandica ****le Geoduck Spisula solidissima Paphies ventricosa Paphies australis Tuatua Ruditapes largillierti...
- Meretrix (genus) Meretrix lyrata Tresus Tresus capax Tresus nuttallii Spisula aequilateralis Many species of razor clams Pharidae, including: Atlantic...