Common name of Periploma aleuticum
 
Common Name Aleutian spoonclam
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. 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. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex
Core inanimate object
1st Modifier morphology
2nd Modifier locality/area
Remarks 'clam', from Middle English 'clam', i.e., 'clamp'.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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