Pismo clam

Tivela stultorum

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae

Tivela stultorum, also known as the Pismo clam, is a species of large, edible, saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. This species is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. As the name implies, the Pismo clam lives in Pismo Beach, California.

Distribution

Pismo clam — (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cricket Raspet · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2,097Mexico · 88

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cricket Raspet · CC-BY DescriptionTivela stultorum, Wikipedia contributors

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