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What eats soft-shelled clams?
The soft shell clam is a saltwater animal. The soft shell clam lives in the mud of the water about 10 inches beneath the muddy surface. People and animals eat the soft shell clam as a protein source.
What is the inside lining of clams shell?
The inside lining of a clam shell is called a nacre. It is soft and smooth and helps protect the clam.
What chemical compound the shell of a clam made of?
The shell of a clam is primarily made of calcium carbonate. This compound gives the shell its hardness and strength to protect the soft body of the clam.
Where is a soft shell clam placed on the food web?
no they eat pewople
What is a clams mobility?
. The soft-shell clam digs a permanent burrow in which it remains for life unless disturbed. As it grows the clam enlarges and deepens its burrow. When the tide is in, this clam's long "neck" (actually its siphons) is thrust up to the opening of the burrow for feeding. When the tide goes out, the clam withdraws its "neck" and closes its shell until the tide comes in again.
Why is your lobsters shell soft?
Because every year as lobsters grow they have to shed their shell and grow a new one. The soft shell lobster's are aka "new shell" lobsters, and they haven't had time to toughen up their shell. Hard shell lobsters are aka "old shells" because they shedded a long time ago, and their shell has had almost a year to harden up.
What is the oldest part of a çlam?
The oldest part of a clam is typically its shell, which can provide information about the age and growth of the clam through the growth rings visible on its surface. The soft body of the clam is regenerated and replaced regularly, so the shell is a more reliable indicator of age.
What is the outer layer of a clam shelll made of?
The outside layer of a clam shell is the periostricum. The middle layer is the prismatic layer. The inside layer is the nacreous layer.
What type of Clams are used for Clam strips?
Soft shell clams -- called steamers -- are usually used for fried clams.
What is the difference between soft shell and hard shell crabs?
Soft shell crabs are soft and are eaten with the entire crab. Soft shell crabs are actually hard shell crabs that have shed their shells to allow for growth. Shells do not grow with the crab. Crabs retain a soft shell when they shed their hard shells; then that soft shells begins to harden-up as the crab grows.
Is a clam a noun?
Yes, the word 'clam' is a noun, a word for a type of marine mollusks; a word for a thing.The word 'clam' is also a verb, meaning to dig for clams.
Why is an octopus related more to a clam than a lobster?
A Lobster is in the Phylum Arthropoda, it has an exoskeleton and jointed legs. The exoskeleton is made of chitin and has to be shed as the animal grows.An Octopus is in the Phylum Mollusca and is soft bodied. It has legs but they are a smooth soft extension of their bodies.A clam is in the Phylum Mollusca and is soft bodied. While it has a shell, the shell is a calcified structure that increases in size by deposition and is not shed as the animal grows.
