Flower armor is the clam. It mainly feeds on tiny planktonic (or benthic) diatoms.

Flower clams live in burrows by digging into the sand and mud. At high tide, it rises to the surface of the beach, extends the water pipe for respiration, feeding and excretion and other activities; after low tide or encountering external stimuli, it closes both shells tightly, or relies on the foot expansion and retraction, retreating to the bottom of the burrow, leaving two holes formed by the outgoing and incoming water pipes very close to each other on the surface of the beach.

The burrowing depth of the flower armor varies with the size of the individual, the composition of the substrate and seasonal changes. Smaller individuals with softer substrates or in seasons of warmer water temperatures burrow more shallowly, while larger individuals with harder substrates or in cold winters dive deeper. But in general, the burrowing depth is usually more around 3-15 centimeters.

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Flower armor meat flavor, nutrient-rich, high protein content, amino acid composition and a reasonable ratio of species; low fat content, unsaturated fatty acids, easy to be digested and absorbed by the human body, as well as a variety of vitamins and medicinal ingredients. Containing calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc and other essential trace elements, can be used as human nutrition, green food, favored by consumers.

Flower armor meat, as well as shellfish mollusks, contains a serum cholesterol-lowering effect of the dermatophyte 7-cholesterol and 24-methylene cholesterol, which both inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol in the liver and accelerate the excretion of cholesterol unique role, so as to make the body cholesterol down. They are more potent than the commonly used cholesterol-lowering drug glutathione.

Flower nail meat has the effect of nourishing yin and brightening the eyes, softening hardness, and resolving phlegm, and some shellfish have the effect of benefiting the essence and moistening the organs. All people can eat. People with high cholesterol, high blood fat body and people suffering from goiter, bronchitis, gastric diseases and other diseases are especially suitable.

Shellfish such as flower armor itself is very rich in fresh flavor, cooking, do not add monosodium glutamate (MSG), should not put more salt, so as not to lose the freshness, shellfish should be spit out by the sand, cooked through after eating. Clams and other shellfish sex more cold, so the spleen and stomach cold people should not eat more.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Clams

Encyclopedia - Clams