Spisula solida

{{short description|Species of mollusc}}

{{about|a clam found in the Eastern Atlantic|a related species from US waters|Atlantic surf clam}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Surf clam

| image = Spisula solida.jpg

| image_caption = External view of a shell of the surf clam

| taxon = Spisula solida

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

| display_parents = 3

| synonyms =

• Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758
• Cardium triste Linnaeus, 1758
• Cyrena panormitana Bivona, 1839
• Mactra castanea Lamarck, 1818
• Mactra crassatella Lamarck, 1818
• Mactra gallina Spengler, 1802
• Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817
• Mactra solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Mactra striata Nyst, 1845
• Mactra truncata Montagu, 1808
• Spisula ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817)
• Trigonella gallina da Costa, 1778
• Trigonella zonaria da Costa, 1778

}}

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 and Spain. Up to {{convert|5|cm}} long, like many clams, the surf clam is a sediment-burrowing filter feeder.[http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/Spisulasolida.htm Spisula solida], a MarLIN entry[http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140301 Spisula solida] ,a Marbef entry

This species of clam is found in sandy bottom in the sublittoral zone. It is commonly found in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and the Irish Sea.