{{Short description|Species of bivalve}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Dosinia exoleta | image = Veneridae - Dosinia exoleta.jpg | image_caption = A shell of ''Dosinia exoleta'' from Campania, Italy, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | display_parents = 3 |synonyms = * ''Arctoe fulva'' Risso, 1826 * ''Artemis radiata'' Reeve, 1850 * ''Arthemis complanata'' Locard, 1892 * ''Arthemis pudica'' Poli, 1795 * ''Exoleta radula'' T. Brown, 1827 * ''Pectunculus capillaceus'' da Costa, 1778 * ''Venus exoleta'' Linnaeus, 1758 }}
'''''Dosinia exoleta''''', common name the '''rayed artemis''', is a saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.
==Description== The shell of an adult ''Dosinia exoleta'' can be as large as {{convert|60|mm}}. These shells can be white, yellowish or pale brown, with darker blotches. They are circular in shape, with a concentric sculpture of fine ribs. They have a very good flavour.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}
<div align=center> <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> File:Dosinia exoleta var. interrupta 01.jpg|''Dosinia exoleta'' var. ''interrupta'', right valve File:Dosinia exoleta var. interrupta 02.jpg|''Dosinia exoleta'' var. ''interrupta'', left valve </gallery> </div align=center>
<div align=center> <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> File:Dosinia exoleta var. ponderosa 01.jpg|''Dosinia exoleta var. ponderosa'', right valve File:Dosinia exoleta var. ponderosa 02.jpg|''Dosinia exoleta var. ponderosa'', left valve </gallery> </div align=center>
==Distribution and habitat== This species is present in the Boreal-Atlantic zone and Mediterranean Sea. It lives on the lower shore and muddy flats to depths of about {{convert|100|m}}.
==References== *Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy
==External links== *[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141911 WoRMS] *[https://archive.today/20131013121844/http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=3198 Marine Life Informations] *[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id593178/ Biolib] *[http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/species.asp?item=W21660 Habitas]
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Category:Dosinia Category:Bivalves described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Veneridae-stub}}