Saxidomus gigantea

Saxidomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Saxidomus
Species: S. gigantea
Binomial name
Saxidomus gigantea
(Deshayes, 1839)

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]

Numerous valves of this species have been found in the shell middens on Sidney Island in British Columbia, Canada.[2]

References

  1. "Saxidomus giganteus The Butter Clam".
  2. The Great Blue Heron by Robert W. Butler
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