Clam Dissection

# 7 Points to what feature?

• excurrent siphon
• Posterior adductor muscle
• gill 
• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

# 14 Points to what feature?

• excurrent siphon
• incurrent siphon
• intestines
• anterior adductor muscle

# 16 Points to what feature?

• excurrent siphon
• incurrent siphon
• intestines
• mantle

What muscle opens and closes the clam?

• Labial Palp
• Adductor
• Incurrent
• Excurrent 

Many bivalve species from the ocean floor or at the coast pump water through their bodies and are know as: 

• Sea Drills 
• Active Filter Feeders
• Surface Feeders
• Pelagic Feeders

Clams pump water in by means of the 

• excurrent siphon
• incurrent siphon
• gills
• mouth 

Wastes, including CO₂ and digested foods are excreted here.

• excurrent siphon
• incurrent siphon
• mouth 
• stomach 

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