There is only one pronunciation of clam.

Clam [ gé lí ]

1. A mollusk, about 3 centimeters long, with an ovoid shell, light brown, with a purple rim. Lives on the shallow seabed.

2, the common name for clams.

Note

Clam family shellfish feeding mode is passive filter feeding, as long as the size of the particles are suitable can be ingested, the main food species are: Chlorella, round sieve algae, boat algae and rhodophyta and other planktonic and benthic unicellular algae, as well as invertebrate eggs, bivalve d-shaped larvae, copepods, unsegmented larvae and a large number of organic debris, etc..

Because of the large seasonal variations and regional differences in algae, the composition of the diet of the shellfish collected and analyzed varied from season to season or region to region. The time of feeding and the individual size and concentration of the bait of shellfish of the family Clamidae can affect the feeding rate.