Jacknife clam jumping out from nest in response to salt inroad(10.7MB, 00:01:36)Shot Date: 2005/04/24 Shot Location: Arie-cho, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan | ||
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Animalia >Mollusca >Bivalvia >Veneroida >Solenidae >Solen >
The Jackknife clam is a cylindrical bivalve that lives in intertidal flats. It can not close the front and back tips of the shell completely. When we add salt or high-concentration salt water into clam nests, clams jump out to the surface of the mad flat. (translated by Asoh)
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