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Like other clam species, A. islandia is a filter feeder.Feeding activity appears regulated by light levels, which can be used as a proxy for food availability. This means that at the northern extreme of the distribution, feeding is concentrated during eight months of the year, while during the rest of the year the clams only feed for a few days a month.
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.
This clam is a filter feeder and consumes microscopic algae such as dinoflagellates, diatoms, and cyanobacteria. [2] [6] Some dinoflagellates produce neurotoxins, such as saxitoxin and its derivates, that bioaccumulate in the clams and other bivalve mollusks and can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) when the clams are eaten.
"Steamers" (steamed soft-shell clams) are an integral part of the New England clam bake, where they are served steamed whole in the shell, then pulled from the shell at the table, the neck skin is removed and then while holding the clam by the neck it is dipped, first in the clam broth in which they were cooked, to rinse away remaining sand ...
Austrovenus stutchburyi, common name the New Zealand cockle or New Zealand little neck clam, is an edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. Its Māori name is tuangi (North Island) or tuaki (South Island).
Tresus clams often have a relationship with small commensal pea crabs, often a mating pair, which enter through the large siphon and live within the mantle cavity of the horse clam. [2] The crabs are easily seen and in no way affect the clam as food. The meat is good and makes excellent chowder.
Whether it’s classic New England Clam Chowder, a comforting mix of milky-white soup and briny clams, or Manhattan Clam Chowder, a heart tomato-based soup with salty, ...
Macoma tenta, the narrowed macoma clam or elongate macoma is a species of clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Tellinidae and genus Macoma. [1] Macoma tenta are one of two species of macoma clams that can be found in the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore of the United States in Maryland and Virginia. [2]