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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 ...
At low tide the position of the Atlantic jackknife clam is revealed by a keyhole-shaped opening in the sand; when the clam is disturbed, a small jet of water squirts from this opening as the clam starts to dig. This species' remarkable speed in digging can easily outstrip a human digger, making the clam difficult to catch.
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.
In an article adroitly headlined "F*cked Up Video of a Clam," Kelly Faircloth of Jezebel introduced the Twitterverse to an unnerving video of a geoduck wriggling its way into a mound of sand.
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 kids mistook the clams for seashells.
Clams in the culinary sense do not live attached to a substrate (whereas oysters and mussels do) and do not live near the bottom (whereas scallops do). In culinary usage, clams are commonly eaten marine bivalves, as in clam digging and the resulting soup, clam chowder. Many edible clams such as palourde clams are ovoid or triangular; [3 ...