If you shine a flashlight or some other light inside the crack then you will see what looks like the light and dark pieces of turkey that you eat on Thanksgiving but it also looks like the fish meat after you cut the skin off. This would be the inside of a clam and if you turn the clam upside down and dirt comes out then that means that the clam is dead and the dirt used to be the meat or if it's heavy then it has meat in it. If it isn't heavy then it's dead. 1 last thing DON'T EAT IT IF IT SMELLS LIKE FISH!!! If you want to find out if it's safe to eat then just go to the place to where you type in websites and just type in e-how.com and type in how can you tell if a clam is good to eat and it should tell you
They are invertebrate. They have a foot that is big and serves as the anchor. The digestive gland has a pee green color ok the bottom of the clam. They have an anterior and posterior muscle. They are bivalved meaning they have two shells connected by a hinge. The gills are in layers on top and on bottom and there is usually four gills.
Zebra mussels have stripes.
Bodies of water have clams, not girls.
Cockles look like two ruffles potato chips placed together in the shape of a clam. (I know this sounds odd, but it is the most accurate description I can come up with). cockles almost look like a clam but it can be pretty!!!!!!!you can almost tell the difference between them.
gross slimy but kinda cute
a clam's shell looks generally like a gray semicircle which has grooved lines running through it.
Baby clams look like small, pale larvae. They do not have shells, gills, etc. until they mature, and they do not develop a foot until they are around 24 days old.
A clam lives in a shell. They do not move. if you are woundering why they are not moving it's because they don't move.
A hard rock-like wavy looking clam with the top "lip" a little longer than the other.
A scallop is like a clam, and lives in a typically narrow shell. The scallop itself resembles a whitish disk (like a squashed marshmallow).
A razor clam is a type of clam that has a long, narrow shell resembling a straight razor. They are found in sandy beaches and are known for their sweet, tender meat. Razor clams are often collected by hand or using specialized tools like clam guns.
To do this you have to cut stuff open and look around.
to allow the clam to filter feed