#clam burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
supertype: #bivalve__lamellibranch marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
part: #clam.shellfish
subtype: #Mya_arenaria__soft-shell_clam__steamer__steamerclam__long-neck_clam an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe
subtype: #Venus_mercenaria__quahog__quahaug__hard-shell_clam__round_clam__roundclam__Mercenaria_mercenaria an edible American clam
subtype: #littleneck_clam__littleneck a young quahog suitable to be eaten raw
subtype: #cherrystone_clam__cherrystoneclam__cherrystone a half-grown quahog
subtype: #geoduck a large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell
subtype: #razor_clam__razorclam__jackknife_clam__jackknifeclam__knife-handle__knifehandle marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell
subtype: #giant_clam__giantclam__Tridacna_gigas giant clam inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific weighing up to 500' pounds
subtype: #shipworm__teredinid wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
subtype: #teredo typical shipworm
subtype: #giant_northwest_shipworm__giantnorthwestshipworm__Bankia_setaceae giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America
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