Genus

Saxidomus

Saxidomus gigantea. Photo: (c) Carita Bergman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Saxidomus, common name the “Washington clams”, is a genus of large edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Bivalvia (Bivalves)
      - Subclass: Autobranchia
        Infraclass: Heteroconchia
        Subterclass: Euheterodonta
        Superorder: Imparidentia
        Order: Venerida
        Superfamily: Veneroidea (Veneroid clams)
        Family: Veneridae (Venus clams)
        Subfamily: Callocardiinae
        Genus: Saxidomus
        Species: Saxidomus gigantea (Butter clam)

Subtaxa

Species: Saxidomus gigantea (Butter clam)

Genus

Saxidomus

Subtaxa

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