Protothaca staminea

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Common Littleneck Clam
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Metazoa Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Subclass: Heterodonta Order: Veneroida Superfamily: Veneroidea Family: Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815 Genus: Protothaca Species: P. staminea
Binomial name
Protothaca staminea (Conrad, 1837)

Protothaca staminea (Common or Pacific Littleneck Clam) is a species of bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae.^[1] This species of mollusca has been exploited by early humans in North America; for example, Chumash peoples of Central California harvested this creature from Morro Bay approximately 1000 years ago.^[2]

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• Taxonomic family Veneridae (2001) [1]
• C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008) [2]