Saxidomus
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| Saxidomus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Saxidomus Conrad, 1837 |
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Saxidomus, common name the "Washington clams", is a genus of large edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
The species Saxidomus gigantea is known as the "butter clam".[1]
The term for saxitoxin (the neurotoxin found in paralytic shellfish poisoning) is derived from the genus name Saxidomus.
Species
[edit | edit source]Species within the genus Saxidomus include:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| File:Butter clam close up.jpg | Saxidomus gigantea | Butter clam | Western coast of North America, ranging from the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco Bay |
| File:Saxidomus nuttalli - Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History - DSC06675.JPG | Saxidomus nuttalli | California butterclam and Washington clam | Northern California to Baja California |
| File:Saxidomus purpurata (2020-05-09).jpg | Saxidomus purpurata | Purple butter clam | Western Pacific China and Japan |
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References
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