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Razor shells can dig themselves into the sand with great speed to escape predation. When a Pacific razor clam (Siliqua patula) is laid on the surface of the beach, it can bury itself completely in seven seconds [90] and the Atlantic jackknife clam, Ensis directus, can do the same within fifteen seconds. [91]
"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 ...
The creature in the video is a Pacific razor clam, though it looks enough like a geoduck to befuddle even a knowledgeable biologist: Digging into wet sand is a survival technique for the critter ...
A Fresno family collected 72 Pismo clams by accident in November 2023, they said, resulting in an $88,000 fine. It was reduced to $500 by a local judge.
A clam shell (species Spisula solidissima) at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. 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.
The kids mistook the clams for seashells.
Their habitat is the lower intertidal zones on out to waters as deep as 50–60 feet (13–15 m). They prefer sand, mud, and gravel substrates, normally burying themselves 12–16 inches (30–41 cm), so they are much easier to dig than geoducks.
The Pacific razor clam lives within these sandy beaches by burrowing down with their strong "feet". The clam orients itself towards the sand, and pushes down with its foot, and closes a valve inside its shell, pushing out out their other end, and moving the clam downwards. This continues until the clam is fully submerged in the sand. [13]