Ming (clam) ( en.wikipedia.org )

Plum Mod , 18 days ago

Tridacna gigas, the giant clam, has several hundred to several thousand pinhole eyespots about 0.5mm in diameter.

dantheclamman OP Mod , 18 days ago

Yes, and they each have retinas made of guanine crystals! And gigas is distinctive for surrounding its eyespots with little rings of reflective cells called iridophores!

Plum Mod , 18 days ago

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Clams are considered Halal in Islam, but treif (non-kosher) in Judaism.

edit: I'm done now.

dantheclamman OP Mod , 18 days ago

I did not know that! Very interesting

Plum Mod , 18 days ago

Bivalves typically display bilateral symmetry both in shell and anatomy, but there are significant departures from this theme in taxa such as scallops and oysters.

Atelopus-zeteki , 18 days ago

In Oysters (Crassostrea virginica), serotonin increases, and dopamine decreases the activity their cilia to regulate water's movement along their gills, and for capturing food particle.

The nervous system control of lateral ciliary activity of the gill of the bivalve mollusc, Crassostrea virginica
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1095643307010537

Plum Mod , 19 days ago

Clams play a vital role in filtering water, improving water quality, and providing habitat for other marine organisms.

Plum Mod , 19 days ago

Bivalves appear in the fossil record first in the early Cambrian more than 500 million years ago.

Plum Mod , 19 days ago

The smallest legally harvestable clams are called countnecks or peanuts, next size up are littlenecks, then topnecks. Above that are the cherrystones, and the largest are called quahogs or chowder clams.

Atelopus-zeteki , 19 days ago

Clams have a highly developed nervous system.

Although clams may not possess a brain, they have ganglia and sensory organs that allow them to respond to their environment. They can detect light, vibrations, and even chemicals in the water.

dantheclamman OP Mod , 19 days ago

Yes, and they can acclimate to threats! I blogged about this a few years ago

Atelopus-zeteki , 18 days ago (edited 18 days ago)

I was responding mirthfully to your declamation that you were not going to turn this into a Clam Facts Forum. You never said the rest of us shouldn't. Are you a Clam Biologist? Do you have some new Clam Facts for us?

Edit: Ooh, you are a Clam Biologist! Eee, how exciting and interesting!! Thanks for posting your blog!! And no, I'm not a poison dart frog biologist, but I think they are nifty. Tho' I am curious about all biology, mostly I focus on H. sapiens and related species.

Plum Mod , 19 days ago

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