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A quahog clam shell (Mercenaria) on the left and a soft-shell clam shell (Mya) on the right, both resting on sandy ground. Clams near Rose Atoll Oysters, clams and mussels arranged on crushed ice with clearly visible price tag at a seafood market. diagram of rigid skeletons worked by muscles
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A quahog clam shell (Mercenaria) on the left and a soft-shell clam shell (Mya) on the right, both resting on sandy ground.
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clam: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: The Royal Society - Proceedings B - Resolving the relationships of clams and cockles: dense transcriptome sampling drastically improves the bivalve tree of life. Oct 25, 2026
Add new Web site: The Royal Society - Proceedings B - Resolving the relationships of clams and cockles: dense transcriptome sampling drastically improves the bivalve tree of life. Mar 10, 2026
Add new Web site: BMC Biology - The hard clam genome reveals massive expansion and diversification of inhibitors of apoptosis in Bivalvia. May 10, 2025
Add new Web site: npj Science of Food - Bioactive nanoparticles from clam extracts mitigate alcoholic liver injury by modulating multiple pathways. Feb 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Eprints at CMFRI - Clam Culture. Oct 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Agricultural Marketing Resource Center - Clams. Mar 14, 2024
Add new Web site: The Spruce Eats - Types of Clams. Feb 01, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Clam Genome and Transcriptomes Provide Insights into Molecular Basis of Morphological Novelties and Adaptations in Mollusks. Apr 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Basic Bivalve Biology: Taxonomy, Anatomy and Life History. Oct 10, 2022
Add new Web site: World Animal Foundation - What are Clams? Delicious in Taste, Pretty in Appearance. Aug 15, 2021
Add new Web site: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - Fishing and Shellfishing - Clam. Aug 24, 2016
Added video. Aug 25, 2015
Add new Web site: RT Russiapedia - Kolkhoz. Dec 20, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Clam. Dec 20, 2013
Added photograph. Sep 12, 2011
Article revised and updated. Oct 23, 2008
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Giant Clam. Aug 29, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Food - How to Cook Clams. Jun 27, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Clam. May 28, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Clam. Mar 07, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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