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Plate of Manila clams. This burrowing clam is most abundant in subtropical and cooler temperate areas. It can be found in shallow waters in coarse sand, mud, and gravel substrates. [3] It lives in the littoral and sublittoral zones. [6] It burrows no more than 10 centimeters into the substrate. It sometimes lives in eelgrass beds. [6]
Ruditapes philippinarum, the Manila clam, [1] is an edible species of saltwater clam in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. [2] [3] Common names include Manila clam, Japanese littleneck clam, Japanese cockle, and Japanese carpet shell. [4] In Japan, it is known as asari. In Korea, it is known as bajirak. [5] [6]
Clam is a common name for several kinds 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 of the sea floor or riverbeds. Clams have two shells of equal size connected by two adductor muscles and have a powerful burrowing foot. [1]
Corbicula fluminea is commonly known in the west as the Asian clam, Asiatic clam, or Asian gold clam. In Southeast Asia, C. fluminea is known as the golden clam, prosperity clam, pygmy clam, or good luck clam. In New Zealand, it is commonly referred as the freshwater gold clam. [2] [3]
It produces 39% of the oysters and 55% of the manila clams farmed in British Columbia. [1] The sound is 40 km (25 mi) [1] long and is 3.5 km (2.2 mi) wide at its widest point, although the average width is less than 2 km (1.2 mi). The southern boundary lies around Chrome Island, a small island off Boyle Point, the southern tip of Denman.
Perkinsus andrewsi on Baltic clam (Macoma balthica) [7] Perkinsus beihaiensis on the oysters Magallana hongkongensis and M. ariakensis [5] Perkinsus chesapeaki on soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria) [8] Perkinsus honshuensis on Manila clam (Venerupis philippinarum) [6] Perkinsus marinus on eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
Tridacna clams can produce large white pearls with an undulating, porcelain-like surface, [16] which may be described as "non-nacreous pearls". [ citation needed ] The " Pearl of Lao Tzu ", also known as the "Pearl of Allah", is the world's largest pearl weighing 6.4 kilogrammes; it was said to have been found inside a Tridacna gigas by a ...
Venerid clams are characterized as bivalves with an external posterior ligament, usually a well demarcated anterior area known as the lunule, and three interlocking structures (called cardinal teeth) in the top of each valve; several of the subfamilies also have anterior lateral teeth, anterior to the cardinal teeth: one in the left valve, and ...