Clams Oysters and Scallops

The price of one oyster can vary depending on the location and quality, but it typically ranges from $1 to $5 per oyster. Specialty or rare oysters may cost more.

Bivalves don't reproduce like humans or most mammals do. They reproduce by releasing sperm and eggs into the water. The sperm and eggs then fertilize and once fertilized the eggs then float to the surface.

they open their mouths' and just wait until some krill or plankton, or other small sea creatures come by then they just clamp there mouths' shut and eat what ever is in there mouths' and then they just keep on this process

All bivalves need fresh or sea water to breathe, reproduce, and feed. Ocean-dwelling species are found from the seashore to deep-sea habitats. However, the Australian Enigmonia lives on mangrove leaves or seawalls beyond high tide and gets its moisture from sea spray. Most species live on the bottom or burrow into mud and sand. Others attach themselves to rocks, wood, and other solid objects. A few burrow into rock and wood or live on the bodies of other animals.

Some different types of oysters include Pacific oysters (e.g. Kumamoto, Kusshi), Atlantic oysters (e.g. Blue Point, Wellfleet), European Flat oysters (e.g. Belon), Olympia oysters, and Eastern oysters. These types can vary in size, flavor profile, and where they are primarily harvested from.

digestive system

it dosen't...usually people eat them

Depending on the type of oyster, and how well you take care of them, you can store oysters for 3-4 weeks maximum.

The symbiotic relationship between coral polyps and zooxanthellae is called mutualistic, as both organisms benefit from the partnership. Zooxanthellae provide energy through photosynthesis to the coral polyps, while the coral provides shelter and nutrients to the zooxanthellae.

The scientific name used for mussel is bivalvia mollusca. Mussels are a part of the kingdom Animalia and a part of the phylum Mollusca.

A Carnivore is an animal whose diet consists completely of meat, and that is adapted for that sort of diet. An example of a carnivore is a lion.

A Herbivore is an animal that only eats plants, and has adapatations for that too. An example of a herbivore is a cow.

An Omnivore is an animal that eats both (such as humans), whichever is available to it.

An Oyster is likely omnivorous, as in its habitat it would eat whatever is available to it.

Oysters are not herbivores. They are filter feeders, meaning they primarily feed on plankton and other tiny particles present in the water. They draw in water through their gills and filter out the food particles to consume.

The beating cilia on the gills of a clam help to direct water flow over the gills, allowing for gas exchange to occur. This movement of water helps the clam filter out oxygen and nutrients while expelling waste and carbon dioxide.

There are only a few steps needed to clean clams. To begin, place clams in a bowl of clean cool water with a damp towel placed over the bowl for 30 minutes to an hour. Next, place clams in another container of fresh water and brush clams clean removing sand, dirt and other debris.

The mantle in a clam is a thin layer of tissue that surrounds the body and lines the inside of the shell. It is located between the body and the shell of the clam and plays a role in secreting the calcium carbonate that forms the shell.

Oysters eat phyto and zooplankton, these are tiny plants and tiny animals that are always present in the worlds oceans.They are filter feeding mollusks, and as such capture their tiny meals with filaments extended in the water like very fine fingers.

In fact every clam, not just the oyster, can make pearls.

Pearls are made because of a tiny bit of dirt, sand or whatever, comes inside the clam.

The clam then makes 'mother-of-pearl' which is a substance that makes a pearl after a pretty long time.

Some species of oyster are hermaphrodites, developing both eggs and sperm. The eggs are fertilized within the body and are retained in the gills until larvae are formed, at which time they are released into the water. American bluepoint oysters in the Atlantic have separate sexes. Females discharge eggs into the water where sperm from male oysters fertilize them. The larvae develop within six hours, swim for about two or three weeks, and then settle on stones or shells. They mature by the end of the first year.

A clam shell is not a mineral because it is composed of organic material (calcium carbonate) secreted by the clam itself, rather than forming through geological processes like minerals do. Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic substances with a specific chemical composition and crystal structure, which a clam shell does not meet the criteria for.

They are called "yearling oysters. Which means "one who is a year old".

Synthetic is not a term used to describe imitation pearls. Synthetic, in the case of gemstones, is completely manmade, and it has to have the same structure, constituents, and chemistry as its natural counterpart. No cultured pearl is completely manmade. There is always human intervention, but the mollusk grows the cultured pearl. Of cultured pearls, only tissue-nucleated and keshis have the same structure, constituents, and chemistry as their natural counterparts, but they result from human intervention. So when the two criteria that determine a synthetic gem are applied, there is no cultured pearl or imitation that meets both. Therefore, no cultured pearl or imitation is a synthetic.

If you are asking is synthetic pearl real pearl, the answer is no. The very term synthetic means artificial, man-made. The closest thing is south seas or seashell pearl. the "pearls" are made of crushed shell which is then treated with a resin to stabilize and harden it into a solid mass. This mass can then be shaped,dyed, and polished to resemble real pearl. Most synthetics are painted or enameled glass or something similar. hope this helps. Actually, in terms of gemology the word "synthetic" is not used for pearl. The more appropriate term for it is "imitation". Synthetic word is used for those gemstones which are man-made and possess exact chemical, physical and optical properties that of a real gemstone. Therefore "imitation pearl" should be used instead of "synthetic pearl". And with this (imitation) term being used one can get the answer from itself.

clams die when they do not have the proper enviorment, salt water , algae to eat.

a clam dies when its pearl is taken out .

They go galdiator style on eachother.
p.s. they like boobies



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Nov 25, 2009
Different snails are carnivores and enjoy a good meal of clam! Moon Snails (family Naticidae) push their way through sand, on the hunt for a meal. When they contact a clam, they will rasp a 1/4 wide hole into the clam shell, then inject various enzymes which dissolve / digest the clam meat.

Zooflagellates reproduce asexually wherein a parent cell divides in half to produce an exact copy of itself. (The parent cell's nucleus is also divided, so that both cells each have a nucleus. The reproductive process is called binary fission.)