Species: Leukoma staminea
Pacific Littleneck
Species
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The revival of an Indigenous aquaculture practice has come to the southern Salish Sea. Clam gardens could help First Nations in British Columbia and Washington state address issues of climate change and food sustainability.
Social scientists around the Salish Sea are predicting the effects of environmental change through the lens of culturally important foods.
A January 2014 USGS report discusses approaches for measuring the effect of bivalves on nutrient availability in different regions of Puget Sound.
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Veneroida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Protothaca
NatureServe
Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Other Mollusks
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mollusca - Bivalvia - Veneroida - Veneridae - Protothaca
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2005-03-21
Global Status Last Changed
2005-03-21
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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