Showing Food Nuttall cockle
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| Name | Nuttall cockle | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Clinocardium nuttallii | ||||||||||
| Description | Clinocardium nuttallii, common name Nuttall's cockle, or basket cockle, is a species of large edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. This species was used by the indigenous peoples of California as food. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00335 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Aquatic foods | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Mollusks | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Metazoa | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Mollusca | ||||||||||
| Class | Bivalvia | ||||||||||
| Order | Cardiida | ||||||||||
| Family | Cardiidae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Clinocardium | ||||||||||
| Species | nuttallii | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 80873 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Clinocardium nuttallii | ||||||||||
| Composition | |||||||||||
| Compounds | Preparation type: Raw
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| References | |||||||||||
| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||