Donax trunculus

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Donax trunculus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Donacidae
Genus: Donax
Species:
D. trunculus
Binomial name
Donax trunculus

The truncate donax, [1] abrupt wedge shell, wedge clam or coquina clam [2] (Donax trunculus), is a bivalve species in the family Donacidae.

Wedge clam on the beach Amarilladesma mactroides (Reeve, 1854) - iNaturalist.org (4).jpg
Wedge clam on the beach

It is native to the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of western Europe, [1] as well as the Red sea, [3] where it is consumed as a food. The wedge clam prefers to live at depths of 0-2m and in clean, fine, and well sorted sand. [3] These clams are efficient and rapid burrowers, and their survival relies heavily on the composition of the sand they burrow in. [3] Their burrowing times vary based on the coarseness of the sand, which reflects their prevalence in these fine-sanded environments. [4] The wedge clam is a popular food item for human consumption, but can carry heavy metals and hydrocarbon contaminations. [5] As they are commonly consumed raw or lightly cooked, these contaminants are commonly present at the time of consumption. [5] Despite this, the wedge clam is an efficient bioindicator of heavy metals and hydrocarbon contaminants in their environment. [5]

Names in other languages

It is locally known as flion, flion tronqué, olive de mer, haricot de mer or telline (among other names) in French, [6] [2] [7] lagagnon in the area of Arcaishon and Les Landes, [7] cadelucha in the Bayonne region, [8] which coincides with the Basque name of kadeluxa; tellin, tellina , telline, tenille or truille [8] in the Occitan-speaking area of the Mediterranean, tellina or arsella in Italian, tellerina, tellina or escopinya francesa in Catalan (the latter variant used on Menorca), [9] [2] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] jòcula cautxa in Catalan of the Alguerès variant, [15] coquina truncada or coquina in Spanish, [6] [16] [17] [13] cadelucha, coquina or navalliña in Galician, conquilha or cadelinha in Portuguese and Um El-Kholol in Egyptian Arabic, etc. In Australia, a very similar shellfish is locally known as "Pippies".

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