The egg and sperm is deposited into the water. The fertilized egg then becomes a free swimming larva, which then developes a shell in several months. It eats particles of the water and spits out sand that was also "eaten".
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Clams Oysters and Scallops question: How is the Life cycle of clam? pretty cool ... What is the clam's life cycle? What is the life cycle of the clam? What is the order of a clam's life cycle?
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The life cycle of the hard clam includes a pelagic larval phase and relatively sedentary benthic juvenile and adult phases. ... * 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 males, often become females...
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Mouthon, J., 2001. Life Cycle and Population Dynamics of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in the Saone River at Lyon (France), Cemagref. ... Reprinted with permission from Hydrobiologia (2001) 452(1-3): 109-119 with kind permission from Springer Science and Business Media...
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Mouthon, J., 2001. Life Cycle and Population Dynamics of the Asian Clam Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in the Rhone River at Creys-Malville (France), Cemagref.
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The freshwater fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae) are hermaphroditic and self-fertile, and they have direct development with young clams shed from the gills. Most species complete the live cycle in a month to a year.
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Offers diagrams and basic information for clam, oyster, and scallop anatomy. ... The clam's foot is used to dig down into the sand, and a pair of long siphons that extrude from the clams's mantle out the side of the shell reach up to the water above (only the exit points for the siphons are shown).
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Clam Shells ... GIANT CLAM BIOLOGY AND CULTURE ... Giant Clam Life Cycle...
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What is the biggest clam caught and eaten in the United States? ... The life cycle of the oyster begins with a free-swimming larval stage that eventually attaches to a hard substrate forming an oyster spat. The spat commences a growth period that is classified into sub-adult and adult phases.
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Cross section of ships showing ballast tanks and ballast water cycle ... ; Prawn life cycle; ... Diagram of the Prawn life cycle...
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