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Invertebrates question: How do freshwater clams move? They use a muscular foot to move around on the floor of the lake or stream or something. ... Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Animal Life > Wild Animals > Invertebrates > How do freshwater clams move?
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Clams have the most control of their movement using their "foot." This foot allows for a certain amount of lateral (side-to-side) movement. However, this foot is most useful for allowing the clam to burrow into the sand. For this ...
http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4744976_a-clam-move.html
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Offers diagrams and basic information for clam, oyster, and scallop anatomy. ... Clams, such as the northern quahog, are filter feeders. Water and food particles are drawn in through one siphon to the gills where tiny, hair-like cilia move the water, and the food is caught in mucus on the gills.
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Clams: Why They Move Around ... A. Maxima and Crocea Clams are "boring" clams, meaning they anchor themselves into position by boring into something stable. They prefer to be seated within a hard substrate such as live rock. The reason for clams to move about the aquarium, as yours is doing, is to try to find a...
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animal.discovery.com/guides/fish/faqs/clamsmove.html
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Razor clams move by extending their foot (digger) into the sand below their shell, then flattening out the tip of the foot like a rivet head. The clam then pulls itself down to its anchored foot.
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www.kamperswest.com/razor-clams.html
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Learn more about mollusks. Check out our mollusk animal section. ... Ocean living mollusks move or swim by jet propulsion. They propel themselves by ejecting water from their body. For example, the squid ejects water from a cavity within its body, and the scallop ejects water to move by clamping its shell closed.
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Monday, July 7, 2008; Clams, fish move into new digs; ... At about 1 pm, 50 giant clams, which had been bred at the Surat Thani Coastal Aquaculture Research Center, were released near Koh Tanan, an islet near Chalong Pier. The clams are about 10 years old and 20 to 30 centimeters long.
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Clams, in particular boring clams, will move around the the tank until they can find a suitable location to seat themselves. ... Home / Fish FAQs / Why Clams Move :
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This is the place where you'll find clams and mussels. These invertebrates have two shells. The shells are connected at the base by little ligaments that the creatures control. They are able to open and close the shells for protection, to help them move, or to open up and eat.
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www.biology4kids.com/files/invert_clamsnail.html
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