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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 Solidissima 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...
- on the Atlantic Coast of the United States is the surf clam, Spisula solidissima. Scallops are also used for food nationwide, but not ****les: they are...
- stutchburyi Saxidomus nuttalli Arctica islandica ****le Geoduck Spisula solidissima Paphies ventricosa Paphies australis Tuatua Ruditapes largillierti Grooved...
- A large s**** of Spisula solidissima from Long Beach, Long Island, New York State...
- A yellowish tan periostra**** is visible on the lower two thirds of this juvenile (8 cm) valve of the marine bivalve Spisula solidissima...
- mitosis. The location provided a ready supply of surf clams (Spisula solidissima) and sea urchins (Arbacia punctulata) amongst the reefs and fishing docks...
- feeds mostly on molluscs, particularly the Atlantic surf clam Spisula solidissima. "Ovalipes ocellatus (J. F. W. Herbst, 1799)". Integrated Taxonomic Information...
- (northern quahog / hards**** clam) Pitar morrhu**** (false quahog) Spisula solidissima (Atlantic surf clam) Mulinia lateralis (dwarf surf clam) Petricola pholadiformis...
- volcano field. Munidopsis taiwanica appears most similar to Munidopsis solidissima, which are found in Madagascar, and are similar in morphology and colouration...
- virginica, the mussel Mytilus edulis, the clams Mya arenaria and Spisula solidissima, and the scallop Argopecten irradians. Other work on oysters included...