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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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Soft-shelled Clam being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Tresus nuttallii
- Paphies australis
- Cryptomya californica
- Macoma inquinata
- Mactrotoma fragilis
- Mya truncata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Myida
- Family
- Myidae
- Genus
- Mya
- Species
- Mya arenaria
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