Name of animal-plant: Washington butterclam
Species name: Saxidomus gigantea
Animal type: INVERT
Subcategory: bivalve
Fact:
All animals and plants are given a species name based on a technical term in biological taxnomy. The species name consists of two words and is based on Latin.
The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs and the second part identifies the species within the genus. In this animals case it is: Saxidomus gigantea
