no
The outside layer of a clam shell is the periostricum. The middle layer is the prismatic layer. The inside layer is the nacreous layer.
As the mollusks grows the shell around it grows to accommodate the larger size. There are three layers to a shell, a proteinaceous periosteum, a prismatic layer, and an inner pearly layer.
a shell
Soft shell clams -- called steamers -- are usually used for fried clams.
On their shell phones!
No. Are you really that dumb?
really hard
magic
can cherrystone clams be eaten on the half-shell
Yes, clams are shellfish, they have a shell.
close up their shell
muscles :)