| 
	 Sandmuschel = Mya arenaria (sand gaper)
|  | Query: saltwater clam | Result: 9th of 19 |  | 
 
| Subject: | Sandmuschel = Mya arenaria (sand gaper) 
 |  | Poster: | Wiki Photos (---@---.---) 
 |  |  |    | Resolution: 1158x646
File Size: 324773 Bytes
Upload Date: 2024:02:05 14:48:51 | 
^o^
 
Animal Pictures Archive for smart phones
^o^| Deutsch: Sandmuschel (Mya_arenaria), Zeichnung von Julius Fürst um 1895
 Date	circa 1895
 Source	Scan aus dem Buch: Schleswig-Holstein meerumschlungen in Wort und Bild von Hippolyt Haas, Hermann Krumm u. Fritz Stoltenberg aus dem Jahr 1896
 Author	Julius Fürst  (1861–1938)
 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASandmuschel_%28Mya_arenaria%29.jpg
 
 
 Mya arenaria
 - common names: sand gaper,  soft-shell clam, softshells, steamer clam, Ipswich clam, Essex clam
 
 Sand gaper (Mya arenaria) is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae. It has a thin and fragile shell that gapes open at one end, and long siphons that can extend up to the surface of the sediment where it lives. Sand gapers are found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a popular food item in some regions, especially in New England, where it is often steamed or fried.
 
 Order:	Myida
 Superfamily:	Myoidea
 Family:	Myidae
 Genus:	Mya
 Species:	Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
 | 
 |  |