Tide Pool and Sandbar Life Savary Island
Nuttall's Cockle
Clinocardium nuttallii, common name Nuttall's cockle, basket cockle, or Heart cockle, is a species of large edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles.
Butter Clam
Saxidomus gigantea is a large, edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. It can be found along the western coast of North America, ranging from the Aleutian Islands to San Francisco Bay. Common names for this clam include butter clam, Washington clam, smooth Washington clam and money shell.
Pacific Oyster
The Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster or Miyagi oyster (Magallana gigas) (previously Crassostrea gigas), is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand.
Purple Mahogany Clam
Nuttallia obscurata, common name the "purple mahogany clam", "dark mahogany clam", "varnish clam", or "savory clam", is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Psammobiidae. This clam is native to Japan. It has been introduced in the North American coasts of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, where it is considered ...more ↓
Green Falsejingle
Pododesmus macrochisma, common name the Green Falsejingle or the Alaska jingle, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Anomiidae, the jingle shells....
Pacific Littleneck Clam
Leukoma staminea, common name the Pacific littleneck clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. This species of mollusc was exploited by early humans in North America; for example, the Chumash peoples of Central California harvested these clams in Morro Bay approximately 1,000 years ago.
Japanese Littleneck
Venerupis philippinarum (syn. Ruditapes phlippinarum) is an edible species of saltwater clam in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
