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What do the toothlike projections do on a clams valves?
to allow the clam to filter feed
What do clams eat that are said to live in creeks?
Clams are known to filter-feed and eat planton. Planton can live in creeks, rivers, and oceans.
How do you feed freshwater clams?
Freshwater clams are filter feeders, so tiny foods like daphnia and rotifers and cyclops work well.
Why are clams filter feeders?
Clams are filter feeders because they filter stuff.
What is the function of the tooth-like projections at the dorsal edge of the valves?
They help to allow the clams to filter feed.
What is the function of the tooth-like projections at the dorsal edge of the clams valves?
to allow the clam to filter feed
What is the function of the tooth like projections at the dorsal edge of the valves?
They help to allow the clams to filter feed.
Are clams herbivores or omnivores?
Clams are filter feeders, meaning they primarily feed on plankton and other microscopic organisms found in the water. Therefore, they are considered herbivores.
How do oysters barnacles and clams feed?
They are filter feeders. When submerged, they put out feelers to catch any small food drifting past.
What do clams eats?
They are filter-feeders, which means that they feed on plankton.Clams most commonly feed on plankton. Clams are filter feeders. They draw in water using an incurrent siphon. It's gills filter out the food and push them towards a mouth on a layer of mucus.
Why are clams reffered to as reffered to as filter feeders?
Because that's how they feed - by filtering tiny plants and animals from the water around them.
What do razor clams eat?
Giant clams are an intermediate. They basically feed on phytoplankton (tiny microscopic plants). But they also house a type of algae in their mantle that produces sugar for them. That makes them somewhat in between consumer and producer...
