saxidomus, common, name, washington, clams, genus, large, edible, saltwater, clams, marine, bivalve, mollusks, family, veneridae, venus, clams, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, molluscaclass, bivalviaorder, veneridafamily, ve. Saxidomus common name the Washington clams is a genus of large edible saltwater clams marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae the Venus clams SaxidomusScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass BivalviaOrder VeneridaFamily VeneridaeGenus SaxidomusConrad 1837SpeciesSee text 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 EditSpecies within the genus Saxidomus include Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution nbsp Saxidomus gigantea Butter clam Western coast of North America ranging from the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco Bay nbsp Saxidomus nuttalli California butterclam and Washington clam Northern California to Baja California nbsp Saxidomus purpurata Purple butter clam Western Pacific China and JapanReferences Edit Saxidomus giganteus The Butter Clam Archived from the original on February 16 2012 nbsp This Veneridae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Saxidomus amp oldid 1179988439, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
