Like oysters and mussels, clams are bivalves, a kind of mollusk that's encased in a shell made of two valves, or hinging parts. And that shell comes in all different sizes. There are small clams ...

Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube In the sand surrounding coral reefs, the giant clam reigns supreme; they are massive, multi-colored, and statuesque. As the largest living bivalve ...

But not all bivalves play by the same rules. In fact, some seem to have thrown the entire rulebook out the window. Ctenoides ales – also known as the electric clam, disco clam or electric flame ...

The least threatened clam species, T. crocea, also happens to be the smallest. Its small size—around 15 centimeters in length—makes it difficult for fishers to find in the reef bed. M.L. Neo et al., ...

Traditionally made of hammered copper, it's a kind of bivalve pan with two mostly equal, concave halves, hinged together so the cataplana can open and shut like a clam. It can be locked after ...

A new study reveals that clams called heart cockles -– so-named because of their heart-shaped shells -- have unique structures in their shells that act like fiber optic cables to convey specific ...

A new commensal species,Waldo arthuri (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Galeommatidae), from the Northeastern Pacific. ZooKeys 316: 67-80. Li Jingchun, Ó Foighil D. and Park J. 2013. Triton’s trident: cryptic ...

Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea) is among the most aggressive freshwater invaders worldwide causing major ecological and economic damage. However, the mechanisms leading to the water-borne dispersion ...