Tide Pool and Sandbar Life Savary Island
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 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.
