Soft-shell clam
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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.
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Soft-shell clam or Sand Gaper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Myida |
Superfamily: | Myoidea |
Family: | Myidae |
Genus: | Mya |
Species: | M. arenaria |
Binomial name | |
Mya arenaria | |
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