The dish uses littlenecks or cherrystone clams. Aside from the modest chart hit "Cherrystone" (1959), these were not successes. In America small cherrystone clams may be substituted. Other vernacular names occasionally used include single-seed juniper and cherrystone juniper. In the western grasslands is the peaceful and prosperous Cherrystone Kingdom. Commander Cherrystone is the head of the soldiers who stay at Kiamo Ko.