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Tresus capax is a species of saltwater clam, marine bivalve mollusk, common name the fat gaper, in the family Mactridae. [1] It also shares the common name horse clam with Tresus nuttallii a species which is similar in morphology and lifestyle.
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.
The creatures' absence was caused by high pollution levels in the Sicilian lake they had called home.
It also shares the common name horse clam with Tresus capax, a species which is similar in morphology and lifestyle. Both species are somewhat similar to the Geoduck ( Panopea generosa which is in the family Hiatellidae ), though smaller, with shells up to eight inches long (20 cm), weight to 3–4 lb (1.4–1.8 kg).
Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve mollusc. The word is often applied only to those that are 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]
Leukoma staminea, commonly known as the Pacific littleneck clam, the littleneck clam, the rock cockle, the hardshell clam, the Tomales Bay cockle, the rock clam or the ribbed carpet shell, [2] is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. [3]
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Charlotte Russ took her kids on trip to Pismo Beach, known as the ‘ Clam Capital of the World’, and mistakenly let the youngsters collect molluscs Kids accidentally collected 72 clams thinking ...