The Clamshell Alliance, formed in 1976, by New Hampshire anti-nuclear energy activists in response to a construction permit that was issued allowing twin 1150-megawatt nuclear reactors to be built on the marshes of Seabrook, NH. The name refers to the clam beds in the marshes where the nuclear power plant was to be built.
A clam. Or an oyster.
A clam shell
Possessive form of the words clam shell: clam shell's
The mantle of a clam protects the clam from sunlight in shelled mollusks, the mantle is the organ that forms the shell, and adds to the shell to increase its size and strength as the animal grows.
The scientific name for white clam shells is typically determined by the specific species of clam. For example, the scientific name for the Atlantic surf clam, commonly found along the East Coast of North America, is Spisula solidissima.
The largest shell belongs to the giant clam, Tridacna gigas, whose shell can grow to several hundred pounds, with a length of about 5 feet.
A clam shell grows via a process where tissue is attached to the shell at the edge. Over time this material builds up producing a ring like pattern. The number of rings will indicate the age of the clam shell.
This is a bivalve mollusk.
By it's shell
Only if you poo on it
The umbo which is located at the anterior end of the clam
A clam shell is not smooth because being smooth would decrease friction between a clam and the surface it lives on. With low friction, a clam would go places it would not want to go.