The black stuff inside the flower armor is edible. Inside the body of the flower armor is a piece of color a little black part, generally can be eaten, eat flower armor as long as spit out the sand.

All other parts are edible and there will be no problems with consumption. If the tentacles of the flower armor have a little bit of black color, it may be that the sea mud accumulates on it, clean it and it will be fine.?

Shell surface yellowish brown or light purple, densely covered with not too regular purple corrugated pattern, and is often a layer of shiny shell skin, concentric growth lines are more dense. Inside the shell white or purplish, the outer coat sinus curved into.

Clam meat, as well as shellfish mollusks, contains a serum cholesterol-lowering effect of the daiquiri 7-cholesterol and 24-methylene cholesterol, which both inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol in the liver and accelerate the excretion of cholesterol unique role in the body so that cholesterol down.

They are more potent than the commonly used cholesterol-lowering drug glutathione. People often have a refreshing and pleasant feeling after consuming clams and shellfish, which is undoubtedly beneficial in relieving some troublesome symptoms.

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