Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Cardiida > Psammobiidae > Nuttallia > Nuttallia obscurata

Nuttallia obscurata (purple mahogany-clam)

Synonyms: Nuttallia olivacea; Nuttallia solida; Psammobia olivacea; Sanguinolaria olivacea; Soletellina obscurata

Wikipedia Abstract

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 to be an invasive species; it is often harvested for food there.
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Predators

Melanitta fusca (White-winged Scoter)[1]
Melanitta perspicillata (Surf Scoter)[1]

External References

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Citations

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0