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What is the name of an edible marine mollusc beginning with a?
What is edible marine mollusc?What is a marine mollusc?Is a mussel a mollusc?What is an edible shellfish?What are the 6 molluscs?What is a Divas solo...
Are clams animals?
Clams are invertebrates. Invertebrates are animals that do not have a backbone. Clams belong to a group of invertebrates called mollusks. There are ov...
How do clams burrow themselves in the sand?
Braced in the sand, the clam thrusts its fleshy foot downward. Then it squeezes water into the bottom of its foot, causing the appendage to balloon. S...
What does a average clam weigh?
How much does a small clam weigh?How much does a clam weigh in grams?How heavy is a clam shell?How many little neck clams are in a pound?How many pou...
How do giant clams eat?
The omnivorous giant clam uses its siphons (pipes) to expel bodily fluids and draw water to filter and eat plankton and other small prey that swim nea...
What preys on clams?
Adult clams have many natural predators, including gulls, tautogs, waterfowl, cownose rays, blue crabs and oyster drills. Humans harvest hard clams fo...
What do clams make?
While all mollusks, including oysters, mussels, and clams can technically make pearls, only some saltwater clams and freshwater mussels are used to co...
What is the environment of a clam?
Clams and mussels can be found in almost all types of freshwater habitats, but are very common in large rivers and streams. Most burrow into the soft ...
Is a clam usually prey or a predator?
The soft-shell clam serves as a prey species for numerous predators that are both commercially and recreationally important (Abraham and Dillon, 1986;...