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.

[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.

However, if we ignore these unusual features, the valve can be readily oriented if we are able to make out the impression of the pallial sinus on the internal face of the valve: the pallial sinus, which is quite deep and prominent in this species, always opens towards the posterior end of the animal, with no exception.

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.