From http://www.chesapeakebay.net/hard_clam.htm Life Cycle and Habitat The life cycle of the hard clam includes a pelagic larval phase and relatively sedentary benthic juvenile and adult phases. Hard clams begin their adult lives as male...
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The hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, is a bivalve mollusk with thick, ridged shells that vary in color from brownish to grayish or white. Hard clams are found in sand or muddy sand along the Chesapeake Bay's shoreline to depths of about 60 feet, mostly in Virginia waters. ... The hard clam is a bivalve mollusk with thick,
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Gender and the rules governing reproduction are not written in stone. There is no one correct way to propagate a species. ... Take, for instance, the softshell clam. Right now, in the waters off the coast of New England, softshell clams, buried in sediment just below the tideline, are spawning.
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its really not something that can be done in the normal home aquarium. heres how the clam farms do it. GCManual ... clam reproduction. We are discussing clam reproduction on 3reef.com Clams forums.
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Clams reproduce sexually. In most species, each clam is either male or female. Males release sperm, and females release eggs. The sperm unite with and fertilize the eggs in the surrounding water or in the gills of the female.
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he cells are usually shed in the water as fertlization. All mollusks[clams] reprodouce sexually. ... Clams are biotic mollusks. They are invertebrate animals. They have a calcore hard shell. They have soft bodies. They are edible ... The clams feed on respices and excretes wastes through its neck through two tubes or siphons.
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Clams reproduce sexually, but fertilization is external so there's probably not much of a market for clam pornography. (And "happy as a clam" presumably has a different origin.)
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New Zealand has three members of the relatively primitive family Sphaeriidae (also known as 'Pisidiidae'), or finger-nail clam/ pea mussel family in our freshwaters. ... Reproduction occurs throughout the year, for as long as the pea mussels are feeding and growing, with the adult activities of these molluscs being devoted...
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The effect of cadmium (Cd) on the reproduction of Ruditapes decussatus was monitored over a period of 12 months, from June 2001 to June 2002. Two sites "Bordj d'Ungha" and "El Hofra" differing by their degree of cadmium contamination were chosen in the Gulf of Gabès area (Tunisia). ... The gametogenic cycle of the clam R.
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