Clams Oysters and Scallops

Clams, like most mollusks, also have open circulatory systems, which means that their organs are surrounded by watery blood that contains nutrients and oxygen. Clams eat plankton, and they themselves are eaten by small sharks and squid

well u can fined them in the ocean or fresh water lakes and rivers

Maine, Maryland and Massachusetts. but mainly Maine

no razor clams usually live from the low water line out about 2km into the sea around the coast

Yes, they do. This helps them filter the food that they ingest.

mr. hankey the Christmas poo. small and brown he comes from you!

Clams belong to the bivalvia class and the veneridae family. They also belong to the Animalia kingdom and the Mollusca phylum.

yes

Oysters are filter feeders. They extract tiny particles of food by screening water.

The only things that can make their own food are plants, through the process of photosynthesis.

What are clams used for? clam chowder

All clams, i do belive, start out as males and half of them turn into female or become both in there life spam. Researchers at the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth examined clams in estuaries from Southampton to the Severn and found that males at 17 of 23 sites suffered a condition called "intersex", where their testes contain both sperm and eggs. In some cases the male sexual organs contained thousands of eggs and up to 60% of clams were affected.

The clam's shell has growth rings on them. All you have to do is count.
Clams grow slightly bigger each year as they age. The put an extra bit on the edge of their shell to accommodate this and you can estimate a clams age by counting the ridges of this shell addition.

The palps guide food into the clams mouth.Kasey

There are two parts of scallops that are eaten. The first part is referred to simply as the "scallop" and is the abductor muscle which is white and meaty in texture. The second part is called the "coral" and is the roe which is red or white in color and soft in texture.

Ok. Abalones clams and mussels are molluscs.If you notice the meaning of molluscs is any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having acalcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partlyenclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails,bivalves, squids, and octopuses.Now you know right?Well here is the picture of the............................................... Abalones clams mussels

Saltwater clams can live out of water for a few days. By a few I don't mean a week, I'm saying 2 or 3 days tops at room temp, but it's a good idea after buying saltwater clams if they haven't purged already, to put them in a bucket and let them purge themselves for a day and if you don't eat them right away put them in the fridge to keep them cool and slow down their metabolism.

Also, if you are going to shuck the clams to eat raw it's a good idea to put them on ice first for a while or the fridge, this makes it easier to get the shell open when using the shucking knife.

carbon dioxide

Not necessarily. Shellfish allergies often come in different categories, like crustacean (shrimp, crab, lobster, etc.) or mollusk (clams, oyster, squid, etc.).

While most people who have shellfish allergies are allergic to all shellfish, that is not always the case.

An allergist can administer a test to determine what type(s) of shellfish allergy you may have.

Generally speaking they are very good for you. Some are toxic and some people have a low tolerance for some of them and hence are allergic.

It depends on what species you're dealing with. For example, a Canadian West coast oyster's scientific name is Crassostrea gigas where as a Canadian East coast oyster's( the best oysters!) scientific name is Crassostrea virginica. So depending on the oyster, the name will vary.

  clams use gills to take oxegen out of H2O so their heart can carry on with the circulatory system. 

Clams are a part of the Bivalvia class.