Clam Dissection

What is the name of this location on the shell of the clam?

• Umbo

• Foot

• Mouth

• Mollusc

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What muscle opens and closes the clam?

• Labial Palp
• Adductor
• Incurrent
• Excurrent 

How do clams breathe? 

• Mouth 
• Lungs
• Flapper Valves
• Gills

The shell consists of two halves called

• Shells
• Valves
• Hinges 
• Mantle

What do the rings on the shell indicate?

• species
• age
• size
• genus

What is the oldest part of the shell?

• Umbo
• Hinge
• Anterior adductor 
• Mantle

Which PHYLUM are clams in?

• arthrooda
• cephalopoda
• mollusca
• platyhelminthes

Which CLASS are clams in?

• Mollusca
• Bivalvia
• Animalia
• Cephalopoda

Muscle that protrudes from the valve to move clam

• Posterior Adductor Muscle

• Mouth

• Anterior Adductor Muscle

• Foot

Structure L is the

• palp
• umbo
• foot
• liver

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3