Clam is a common name for several species of bivalve mollusc. The word is often applied only to those that are deemed edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the san
Clam with its siphon out
Littleneck clams, small hard clams, species Mercenaria mercenaria
Clams simmering in a white wine sauce
Bivalvia or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of aquatic molluscs that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed by a calcified exosk
Clam
…Clam is a common name for several species of bivalve mollusc. The word is often applied only to those that are deemed edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand…
Empty shell of the giant clam (Tridacna gigas)
Empty shells of the sword razor (Ensis ensis)
Anadara, a bivalve with taxodont dentition from the Pliocene of Cyprus