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Scientific Name: Panopea abrupta
Acceptable Market Name(s): | Clam, Geoduck |
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Scientific Name: | Panopea abrupta |
Hazard Information: | HAZ |
ITIS TSN (see note below): | TSN 81779 |
Additional Information: | The common name "Pacific geoduck" used to be associated with P. abrupta but is now associated with P. generosa. P. abrupta is still a valid name and not a synonym of P. generosa but what is being harvested as Pacific geoduck was changed from P. abrupta to P. generosa. |
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