Donax trunculus

Donax trunculus
Donax trunculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Veneroida
Family:	Donacidae
Genus:	Donax
Species:	D. trunculus
Binomial name
Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758

Donax trunculus (abrupt wedge shell, wedge clam), is a bivalve species in the family Donacidae. It is native to the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of western Europe. It is locally known as tellin, tellina, telline or "tenille" in French, tellina or coquina in Spanish, and conquilha or cadelinha in Portuguese, and is consumed as a food in these countries. There is a very similar shellfish in Australia locally known as "Pippies"

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