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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
How long does it take a soft shell clam to grow?
It takes up to 2 years for a soft shell steama clam to grow to 2 inches in length. When the clams are 2 inches they are legal to be harvested an sold.
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 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.
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.
How does a sea star feed on a clam?
It forces its stomach out, and sticks it inside of the clams shell. Then with the clam inside of the stomach, the starfish puts its stomach back on its inside. A sea star opens up a clam by attaching its hundreds of tube feet to the external surface of the shell with suction. Then, it pulls. It might have to pull for hours, or days, until the adductor muscle holding the shell firmly closed is finally weakened enough that the shell opens. Then the star fish can force its stomach in and digest the soft insides of the clam.
