Talk:Clam

A note

Do clam feet actually have little toes that are used in reproduction? This seems like a joke to me, but I'm not taking it out right away just in case there actually is a cite for it somewhere. 20:16, 18 September 2007 (UTC)DaveOTN

Another note

I'm no expert, but apparently there is no scientific classification for the clam. Hence there should be no taxobox. Can anyone verify this? (Note that a taxobox has been added and removed twice previously) Jcsutton 12:50, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

I was the one who put the taxobox. It said on the first line that it was the class Bivalvia. An I also found that it was phylum Mollusca on the Internet. So I assumed Animal Kingdom, but I checked for that.Sidious1701 00:14, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Just checked again, and Encarta says that there is a scientific classification for the clam. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553198/Clam.html . As stated above, I'm no expert. If you feel the internet search is enough to justify the info, then feel free to put the taxobox back in. Jcsutton 14:08, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Please read the article! Lots of different bivalves are called clams, but not all bivalves would be called clams, and the ones that are called clams are thoroughly polyphyletic. "Clam" is just one of those names that has been used too generally to be rigidly attached to any one taxonomic class. seglea 05:10, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

And another note

how long do clams live under water? email the answer to me at: juarez3408@yahoo.com

I don't know, and I don't think we should be saying that "science says they can live up to 200 years", unless someone can produce the reference - so I'm going to chop that bit out. seglea 05:10, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

I think that the term "clam" refers to a general catagorization of animals in the Bivalvia class. THerefore this article should be like other articles for a class, or a redirect to Bivalvia. http://home.earthlink.net/~s_peters/ctaxonomy.html --BenWhitey 19:46, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

No - see above. It's just a general common name that needs to direct to a number of taxa. seglea 05:10, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Clam Juice Redirect

'Clam juice' page redirects to 'Clams' yet there is no mention of 'clam juice' on 'clam' page. Why do a redirect if you are not going to add the information. Seems to defeat the purpose. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.246.213.130 (talk) 20:44, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Photo

I've got a photo of a clam i'm planning to upload and use on one of the articles... Problem is that i'm unsure of it's name, see:

• http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/42656078

Any ideas? Thanks/wangi 12:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

That's a scallop. The article does say that "clam" is an ambiguous term, and can sometimes cover scallops, but I think pictures should illustrate the most restrictive sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.31.239 (talk) 12:14, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

More info soon

I got some books on clams and should be able to update tomorrow. Keegan 23:24, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Reproduction

I couldn't find anything in wikipedia regarding reproduction. Interestinly enough, I found another complaint on the web that he couldn't either! Editors probably have some hierarchy in which reproduction is discussed at the peak of the pyramid or something. But I couldn't find it. I finally found info elsewhere suggesting that clams were fish (duh!). But that some maturing males become females! Otherwise like fish, I guess. Wikipedia is supposed to be written for the average person, not insiders. This will mean repeating the same common stuff over and over within species and subspecies, I suspect.Student7 03:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Anthro-Clam Crossbreeding?

Is there any history of a man or woman successfully crossbreeding with any genus of clam? I ask this because I am keenly interested in the possibility 74.69.123.20 (talk) 16:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

completely not possible, never happened and never will, atleast by what I've learned ^_^ --69.233.89.61 (talk) 03:10, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

What about...

...the THUNDERCLAM?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.29.136.102 (talk) 17:29, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

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Photo of topneck clam

I took this image of live topneck clams for sale at a California seafood market if someone thinks it would be good to include. If not, no worries.

live topneck clams for sale at a California seafood market

ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:13, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Currency?

Is it true some cultures used clam shells as a currency? It's an idea that I've seen a lot in fiction (admittedly, mostly of the sort you wouldn't expect to be historically accurate), and I don't know if it's based on anything. Maybe some writers just decided that cowry shells didn't look enough like coins. Daibhid C (talk) 23:08, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Some north american species of bivalves (colloquially called "hard clams" or "quahogs") were used to by the north american indians to manufacture a sort of shell money called wampum. See that article for more information. Historically, most shell money was made from gastropods rather than bivalves, so I'm not sure I would bother mentioning it in the article. Prophet121 17:09, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

More Info

Could someone add more information about the ANIMAL ITSELF instead of how it's useful to humans? That would totally improve the article. Things like locomotion, skeletal structure, and eating habits. I'd do it myself, but i don't have the knowledge of the animal or of editing articles. Thankya! ^_^ -Pooja --69.233.89.61 (talk) 03:11, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

The thing is, as it says in the article, there isn't an animal itself, except to the extent that clams are all bivalves, and all the information on that is under Bivalvia. "Clams" are the bivalves that are useful to humans, and that seems to be what defines them. Daibhid C (talk) 23:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

OK. Thankya!--69.233.89.61 (talk) 03:13, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Merge Bivalvia into this?

There is currently a Bivalvia article, but isn't it the same as this? FunkMonk (talk) 19:14, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

No, and I'd disagree with the text that claims that "clam" can be applied broadly to any bivalve. In vernacular, culinary, and scientific usage, "clam" refers specifically to burrowing bivalves, and disincludes groups such as mussels, oysters, and scallops, and other clam-like extant and fossil groups like brachiopods. The article could use some attention regarding clam-specific biologic information... Westerncenter (talk)

a discovery

When I was at my cousin's home, we had clam for dinner. But the children ate first,(My 4 cousins and me)my cousin and I finished first! So we went in the kitchen to watch the uncooked clams.We saw that they were still alive, so my cousin Racheal(fake name to protect identity)touched one, it moved!Then I put one close to he metal bowl, and t spurted it's meat out! That is the discovery, it may seem normal to you, but to us, it is amazing!Because we're just kids! frm Wikiuser299. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiuser299 (talk • contribs) 13:46, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Australia

I haven't been able to find anything fresh in Australia sold as "clams", however, I have found "volvone" in Sydney, and in Tasmania they sell locally-harvested "pippies" and "periwinkles". I am trying to find out whether or not these count as a kind of "clam". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. :) -- TyrS  chatties  04:41, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

If you could upload images of them we could work out what they are. Invertzoo (talk) 02:16, 15 September 2011 (UTC)