They feed on them and then the clams would overpopulate the beds if not eaten.
if you added water to clam chowder it would taste really watery
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.
No, sea stars use their tube feet to pry open the clam's shell and then evert their stomach into the clam to digest its soft tissues. Without the use of tube feet, the sea star would not be able to access the clam's flesh to consume it.
A clam might become a fossil if it gets trapped on a sedimentary rock and remains there for a long..long...time.
A clam is more likely to fossilize than a jellyfish.
It would really depend on the species and the size of the clam. There may not be any data on this actually.
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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.
Sea stars eat clams, mollusks, oysters, coral in the reefs, and some eat other sea stars.
You will see a clam.
A well reviewed clam chowder recipe would be the New England Clam Chowder. You may find reviews on it as well as information at the Food Network website.
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