---
title: "Purple Mahogany Clam"
description: "Nuttallia obscurata — Otros animales. Nuttallia obscurata, the purple mahogany clam, dark mahogany clam, varnish clam or savory clam, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Psammobiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/purple-mahogany-clam
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purple Mahogany Clam

> Nuttallia obscurata — Otros animales. Nuttallia obscurata, the purple mahogany clam, dark mahogany clam, varnish clam or savory clam, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Psammobiidae.

- Scientific name: *Nuttallia obscurata*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4718
- Wikidata: [Q3801132](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3801132)
- iNaturalist taxon: [430211](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/430211)

## Names

- en: Purple Mahogany Clam

## Countries with the most observations

CA (2999), US (1242), RU (15), JP (5), KR (3)

## Summary

Nuttallia obscurata, the purple mahogany clam, dark mahogany clam, varnish clam or savory clam, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Psammobiidae. It was first described to science by Lovell Augustus Reeve, a British conchologist, in 1857.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuttallia_obscurata

## Photo

![Purple Mahogany Clam](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-mahogany-clam/medium.jpg)

Photo: ChrisMcV · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79324022

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/purple-mahogany-clam?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).