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certain clams, oysters and gastropods has been reported in Japan.
It appears that this type of poisoning may also be traced to toxic
plankton.
TABLE 111. MOLLTJSCA IMPLICATED IN PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONINGS
Species
Distribution
Mopalia muscosa Gould
.
Acmaea pelta Eschscholtz
.
Murex brandaris L.
.
Area noae L.
.
Cardium edule L.
D o m denticulatus L. .
Mactra (= Spisula) solidissirnu Dillwyn
Schizothaerua nuttalli Conrad .
Mya arenaria L.
Mytilus ealifornianus Conrad
.
Mytilus eddk L.
Mytilw planulatus (Lamarck)
Modwlus areolatus Gould
.
Modiolus demissw, (Dillwyn) .
Crassostrea gigas (nunberg) .
Ostrea edulis L. .
Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelb
Penitella penita Conrad
.
Emis directus (Conrad).
.
Siliquu patula Dixon .
Spondylus americanUa Hermann
Spondylus buccal& Roding .
Macoma naauta Conrad
.
M a c m a secta Conrad .
Protothaca staminea Conrad .
Saxidmua giganteus Deshayes
.
Saxidomus nuttalli (Conrad) .
Tivela stultorum Mawe
Pacific coast of North America
Pacific coast of North America
Mediterranean Sea and west coast
Africa
Mediterranean Sea
European seas
West Indies
Atlantic coast of North America
Pacific coast of North America
Atlantic coast of North America,
coasts of Greenland, Great Britain,
Scandinavia,
Japan,
Alaska,
British Columbia, Oregon and
northern California
Aleutian Islands east and south to
Socorro Islands
World-wide
Victoria and Tasmania
New South Wales
Virginia to Florida
Japan, Pacific northwest
Atlantic coast of Europe
Labrador to North Carolina
Pacific coast of North America
Canada to Florida
Alaska to central California
North Carolina to West Indies and
Gulf of Mexico
Philippines to Indonesia, Micronesia, New Guinea
Kodiak Island to Baja California
British Columbia to Baja California
Aleutian Islands to Baja California
Alaska to central California
Northern California to Baja Calinia
Central California to Baja California