the umbo
Bivalves are creatures that have a shell of 2 hinged valves like a mollusk, oyster, and clam.
No a Clam is a mollusk.
Bivalve mollusks like clams hold their shells closed with their muscular bodies. They also have leathery "hinges" at the rounded part of the shell which help to hold the two halves together. These are similar to ligaments in higher animals. If you ever get a clam in the supermarket that is already open, that one is dead and you should not eat it.
The umbo which is located at the anterior end of the clam
it on the top right corner of the slepping clam
the adavctor muscle
The clam can survive with only 3 pairs of ganglia. Two pairs control the open and closing of the shell, will the pedal controls the foot of the clam.
The hinge ligament hold the two shells together as well as the adductor muscles which controls the opening and closing of the bivalve.
wait untill it closes then run up to it and you have to avoid the clam from closing.
Between the 2 valves
to allow the clam to filter feed
to allow the clam to filter feed
I am not sure how to get a clam to open naturally. The way I have known to open a clam is by hand.
To determine the right and left valves of the clam, put the valve in your hand with the nacre facing you and the beak pointing up. If the beak is toward the right, it is the left valve, and if it is toward the left, it is the right valve.
Yes, a clam is a mollusk. Clams have soft bodies, which typify mollusks. Clams are part of a sub-family of mollusks called bi-valves.
The clam does. Clams and other bivalves have very strong muscles that hold the shells tightly closed whenever they're in danger.
to allow the clam to filter feed