Saxidomus nuttalli | |
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Scientific 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]
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]
Saxidomus nuttalli | |
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Scientific 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
|
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]
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]