Saxidomus nuttalli
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| Saxidomus nuttalli | |
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| File:Saxidomus nuttalli - Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History - DSC06675.JPG | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Saxidomus |
| Species: | S. nuttalli
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| Binomial name | |
| Saxidomus nuttalli Dixon, 1788
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Saxidomus nuttalli is a species of large edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.[1] Common names include California butterclam[1] and Washington clam.[2] This clam is native to the west coast of North America, its distribution extending from northern California to Baja California.[2] This is a commercially exploited species that attains a length of approximately 15 cm.[3]
Archaeology
This species was harvested by Chumash peoples on the central California coast, at least as early as the Millingstone Horizon.[4] The shells were used as currency by local native peoples.[2]
See also
Line notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Saxidomus nuttalli. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Washington Clam (Saxidomus nuttalli). Encyclopedia of the National Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA.
- ↑ Intertidal, 2008
- ↑ C.M.Hogan, 2008
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