- Protothaca staminea
Taxobox
name = Common littleneck clam
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regnum =Animal ia
subregnum =Metazoa
branch =Bilateria
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Bivalvia
subclassis =Heterodonta
ordo =Veneroida
superfamilia =Veneroidea
familia = Veneridae
familia_authority = Rafinesque, 1815
genus = "Protothaca"
species = "P. staminea"
binomial = "Protothaca staminea"
binomial_authority = (Conrad, 1837)"Protothaca staminea", or the Pacific littleneck clam, is a species of
bivalve mollusc in the familyVeneridae . [Veneridae, 2001] This species of mollusc was exploited by early humans inNorth America ; for example,Chumash peoples ofCentral California harvested this creature fromMorro Bay approximately 1000 years ago. [C.M.Hogan, 2008]ee also
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References
* Taxonomic family Veneridae (2001) [http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Bivalvia/Veneridae.html]
* C. Michael Hogan, "Los Osos Back Bay", Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008) [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18353]
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