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Clams, like most mollusks, also have open circulatory systems, which means that their organs are surrounded by watery blood that contains nutrients and oxygen. Clams eat plankton, and they themselves are eaten by small sharks and squid

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No; actually nothing lives in table salt water. Table salt is iodized sodium chloride. It has been modified, and contains far too much iodine for anything to live in it. It is also missing all of the trace elements in natural sea salt.

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well you see... clams survive by filter feeding.

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Fresh water clams have to live in fresh water.

Salt water clams have to live in salt water.

Most clams are of the saltwater type.

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No, they are salt water creatures

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