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The fragile file clam is a protandrous hermaphrodite. Juveniles start life as males and change sex to females as they grow. Fragile file clams have the ability to emit flashes of bioluminescent light, though why they do this is unclear. [2] The fragile file clam can swim slowly and continuously for about 5 minutes at a time. [3]
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]
Sinonovacula constricta, the constricted tagelus, Chinese razor clam or Agemaki clam, is a commercially important species of bivalve native to the estuaries and mudflats of China and Japan. It is extensively aquafarmed in China and other countries, with 742,084 tons worth US$667,876,000 harvested in 2008.
Map of the Southern African coastline showing some of the landmarks referred to in species range statements. The list of marine molluscs of South Africa is a list of saltwater species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of South Africa.
For example, a researcher is building a linear regression model using a dataset that contains 1000 patients (). If the researcher decides that five observations are needed to precisely define a straight line ( m {\displaystyle m} ), then the maximum number of independent variables ( n {\displaystyle n} ) the model can support is 4, because
"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 ...
Tridacna is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. Many Tridacna species are threatened. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4 to 6 folds. The mantle is often brightly coloured. They inhabit shallow waters of coral reefs in warm seas of the Indo-Pacific region. [2]
The grooved carpet shell, or Palourde clam, [2] Ruditapes decussatus, or Venerupis decussatus, is a clam (bivalve mollusc) in the family Veneridae. It is distributed worldwide and is highly prized due to its ecological and economic interest.