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Leukoma staminea

(Conrad, 1837)

Pacific Littleneck Clam

GNRUnranked Found in 14 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.972169

Element CodeIMBIV4L020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumMollusca

ClassBivalvia

OrderVeneroida

FamilyVeneridae

GenusLeukoma

Synonyms

Protothaca staminea(Conrad, 1837)Venus stamineaConrad, 1837

Other Common Names

Pacific Littleneck (EN)

Concept Reference

Coan, E. V., and P. Valentich-Scott. 2012. Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNR

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Washington	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (14)

Alaska (12)

Area	Forest	Acres
Chichagof	Tongass National Forest	555,858
Cleveland	Tongass National Forest	189,447
Karta	Tongass National Forest	52,117
Kogish	Tongass National Forest	65,216
Mansfield Peninsula	Tongass National Forest	54,991
Middle Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	14,724
Nellie Juan	Chugach National Forest	713,697
North Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	33,146
Outer Islands	Tongass National Forest	99,862
Prince William Sound Is.	Chugach National Forest	118,698
Sitka Sound	Tongass National Forest	13,459
South Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	55,193

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Tequepis	Los Padres National Forest	9,080

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Tenmile	Siuslaw National Forest	10,818

References (3)

Coan, E. V., and P. Valentich-Scott. 2012. Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.
WoRMS Editorial Board. 2020. World Register of Marine Species. Available: http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ (accessed 12 Feb 2020)