Neurons from the butter clam Saxidomus giganteus and its congener the Washington clam S. nuttalli were shown to be 10 to 100 times more resistant to the dinoflagellate toxin saxitoxin (STX) than those from 4 CO-occurring infaunal bivalves, Mya arenaria, M, truncata, Tresus capax and Protothaca staminea. Only neurons from the venerid clam Humilan'a kennerlyi proved more resistant than those of S...

Coastal peoples worldwide harvested and consumed a wide variety of shellfish. Most archaeological analyses of shellfish remains tend to focus on bivalves such as clams and mussels while other shellfish such as gastropods, barnacles, and crabs have received much less attention. Here we examine the use of Dungeness crabs (Cancer magister) at a late-Holocene village on Netarts Bay, northern Oregon...