Saxidomus gigantea

Saxidomus gigantea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Saxidomus
Species:
S. gigantea
Binomial name
Saxidomus gigantea
(Deshayes, 1839)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Saxidomus gigantea brevis Dall, 1916
  • Saxidomus giganteus Deshayes, 1839
  • Venerupis gigantea Deshayes, 1839
  • Venus maxima Philippi, 1846

Saxidomus gigantea is a large, edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.[2] It can be found along the western coast of North America, ranging from the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco Bay. Common names for this clam include butter clam, Washington clam, smooth Washington clam and money shell.[3]

Numerous valves of this species have been found in the shell middens on Sidney Island in British Columbia, Canada.[4]

  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, Gary (2011). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Saxidomus gigantea (Deshayes, 1839)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ^ Telnack, Jennifer (2008). "Saxidomus giganteus – The Butter Clam". Intertidal Marine Invertebrates of the South Puget Sound. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
  3. ^ Cowles, Dave (2005). "Saxidomus gigantea (Deshayes, 1839)". Invertebrates of the Salish Sea. Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory (a campus of Walla Walla University, Washington). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. ^ Butler, Robert William (1997). "The Coastal realm of the Great Blue Heron". The Great Blue Heron: A Natural History and Ecology of a Seashore Sentinel. Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 33. ISBN 9780774806343.