Saxidomus nutalli
| Saxidomus nutalli | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Saxidomus |
| Species: | S. nutalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Saxidomus nutalli Dixon, 1788 | |
Saxidomus nutalli, the California butterclam or butternut clam, is a species of large edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.[1]
This is a commercially exploited species that attains a length of approximately 15 cm.[2]
Archeology
This species was harvested by Chumash peoples on the central California coast, at least as early as the Millingstone Horizon.[3]
See also
Line notes
References
- NTIS Report: Saxidomus nutalli
- Intertidal Marine Invertebrates of the South Puget Sound (2008)
- C.Michael Hogan (2008) Morro Creek, The Megaltihic Portal, editor Andy Burnham
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