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THE Lamellibranch Spisula subtruncata (Da Costa) is reported in various old records as occurring abundantly in parts of the Clyde Sea Area. For example, in “The Mollusca of the Firth of Clyde”, 1878, p. 33, A. Brown writes: “Exceedingly abundant a little above low water in Ettrick and St. Ninian's Bays, Bute; and in Fintry Bay, Cumbrae. It is common also all along the Ayrshire coast, and in most sandy bays throughout the district. In Cumbrae they are known as ‘Aikens,’ and are used both for food and bait”. Further confirmation is found in the Medusa records and in the fauna and flora published for the British Association in 1901—records of almost thirty years age and older.
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ELMHIRST, R., STEPHEN, A. Local Extinction of a Recently Abundant Lamellibranch. Nature 123, 606 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123606b0
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