Clam (with labels)

Mollusks -- physiology

Clams

Bivalvia

Dissection

Nine photos of a clam in various stages of dissection with parts labeled.

Image 1: Clam - External FEatures
- umbo
- exhalant (=excurrent) siphon
- inhalant (=incurrent) siphon
- growth ring

Image 2: Clam - External Features
- growth ring
- umbo
- ligament

Image 3: Clam - Inner Surface of the Left Valve
Posterior
- posterior adductor muscle scar
- pallial sinus
Anterior
- umbo
- cardinal teeth
- anterior adductor muscle scar
- pallial line
- serrations

Image 4: Clam - Foot (Close Up)
- gill
- foot

Image 5: Clam - Left Valve Removed
Anterior
- anterior adductor
- umbo
- gill
- foot
Posterior
- posterior adductor
- exhalant siphon
- inhalant siphon

Image 6: Clam - Siphons (Close Up)
- posterior adductor
- inhalant siphon
- exhalant siphon

Image 7: Clam - Internal Features
Anterior
- umbo
- digestive gland ('liver')
- gill
- foot (cut)
- anterior adductor
- cardinal teeth
Posterior
- gonad
- posterior adductor
- exhalant siphon
- inhalant siphon

Image 8: Clam - Internal FEatures (Close Up)
- digestive gland ('liver')
- gonad
- gill

Image 9: Clam - Internal FEatures
- anterior adductor
- cardinal teeth
- umbo
- gonad
- digestive gland ('liver')
- exhalant siphon
- inhalant siphon
- foot
- gill (cut)

State University of New York at Buffalo. Department of Biological Sciences

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

2005-09-29

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