Clams are pronounced clam gé clam lí.

Expanded Knowledge:

Clams

Also known as clams, there are many varieties of clams, clams, and sisal tongues. Its meat is delicious, known as "the world's first fresh", "the crown of all flavors", Jiangsu folk "ate the clam meat, all flavors are out of order," said.

Original form

Shell 2 pieces, thick, slightly quadrangular. Shell length 36-48 millimeters, height 34-46 millimeters, width about 4/5 of the height. left and right shells equal. Shell apex, slightly bent forward, situated in the middle of the dorsal margin of the shell slightly toward the anterior end. The shell surface is swollen in the middle, and contracted sharply to the anterior, posterior and near ventral margins, so that the anterior and posterior margins are more or less ribbed, and the lunula and tatting surface are heart-shaped.

The growth lines on the shell surface are conspicuously thick, forming uneven concentric rings. The shell has a crust, white or lavender apically, yellowish brown near the ventral surface, and often with a very narrow black annular band at the ventral margin. Inner surface of shell grayish white. Articulated part broad. Left shell with 1 divergent primary tooth; right shell with 2 primary teeth arranged in a figure of eight.

Lateral teeth well developed, all lamellar. Outer ligament small, yellowish, inner ligament extremely well developed, yellowish brown. Coat scar clear, close to ventral margin, coat sinus not very deep, bluntly rounded at end. Anterior occluder scar slightly smaller, ovoid, posterior occluder iso-scar slightly larger, subquadrate. The margin of the coat membrane is double-layered, with small branched tentacles on the inner margin. Water tubes are yellowish-white and terminated with tentacles. The foot is well-developed, laterally compressed, and hatchet-shaped.

Chemical composition

Eating part of each 100 grams containing 80 grams of water, 10.8 grams of protein, 1.6 grams of fat, 4.6 grams of carbons, 3 grams of ash, 37 milligrams of calcium, 82 milligrams of phosphorus; 14.2 milligrams of iron, vitamin A 400 international units, thiamine 0.03 milligrams, 0.15 milligrams of riboflavin , Niacin 1.7 mg; per kilogram of dried clams containing 2400 micrograms of iodine. And food part per 100 grams of ascorbic acid 5 mg.

Discussions

The Materia Medica Classic: "clams are nourishing and help fluid, so it can moisten the five viscera, quench thirst, open the stomach. Salty can enter the blood soft and firm, so the main women's blood clots and the old fetish for cold and heat."