Soft-shell clam
| Soft-shell clam or Sand Gaper Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myida |
| Superfamily: | Myoidea |
| Family: | Myidae |
| Genus: | Mya |
| Species: | M. arenaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Mya arenaria | |
Soft-shell clams (American English) or Sand gaper (British English/Europe), scientific name Mya arenaria, popularly called "steamers", "softshells", "piss clams", "Ipswich clams", or "Essex clams", are a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae.
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
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Right valve
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Left valve