Ok. In America off the coasts of most beaches... like Daytona Fl., Panama Fl., and Myrtle Beach Sc.
Once a wave comes up and receeds it leaves behind things that I call 'diggers'. I know that's not the real name but I want to know exactly what they are. They are about 1 cm. long and are triangle shaped. They dig down into the sand after the wave leaves. Their shells are a variety of colors. I guess that they could be classified as a mollosk... They resemble an oyster or clam in the way that their shell is 2 shells tightly connected with an animal that resembles (there's no other way to say it)... snot.
So if anybody had any ideas I'd really appreciate it. This is one of those annoying questions that makes it so I cannot sleep untill I have an answer. Thanks.
2007-07-20 13:50:18 · 3 answers · asked by Echidna eats an enchilada 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The are called coquina clams. (nickname is the butterfly clam)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Shell is unequally triangular, with a subcentral umbo. The shorter anterior end is radially sculptured; the shell is otherwise smooth, not gaping. Polychromic, in wide variety of colors including white, yellow, orange, pink, purple, and blue; frequently radially striped. Interior is non-nacreous, often deep purple, with a denticulate (finely toothed) margin. Grows as long as 1 in (20 mm).
HABITAT
Infaunal, on intertidal sandy beaches with wave action, sometimes numbering in thousands per square meter.
2007-07-24 01:10:37 · answer #1 · answered by SheTigger2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup, wee clams.
i've seen the same things at clearwater, FL.
2007-07-20 14:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are juvenile clams.
2007-07-20 14:06:55 · answer #3 · answered by Irv S 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋