Saxidomus gigantea

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

Saxidomus gigantea, common name the butter clam, is a large edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.[1] It can be found along the western coast of North America, ranging from the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco Bay.[2]

Numerous valves of this species have been found in the shell middens on Sidney Island in British Columbia, Canada.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Saxidomus giganteus The Butter Clam". Archived from the original on February 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ Cowles, Dave (2005). "Saxidomus gigantea". Invertebrates of the Salish Sea. Walla Walla University. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ The Great Blue Heron by Robert W. Butler
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