Saxidomus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Veneroidea

Familia: Veneridae
Genus: Saxidomus
Species: S. gigantea - S. nuttalli
Name

Saxidomus Conrad, 1837
References

Saxidomus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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

Species within the genus Saxidomus include:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Saxidomus gigantea	Butter clam	Western coast of North America, ranging from the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco Bay
	Saxidomus nuttalli	California butterclam and Washington clam	Northern California to Baja California
	Saxidomus purpurata	Purple butter clam	Western Pacific China and Japan

References

"Saxidomus giganteus The Butter Clam". Archived from the original on February 16, 2012.

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