Soft-shelled Clam

Illustrated: One adult soft-shelled clam, paired off-white chalky valves held together, elongated elliptical outline, broadly rounded anterior and tapering narrowly rounded posterior. Fine concentric growth lines and low ridges, thin straw-colored periostracum, central low beaks. Three-quarter view, no detached shell or scenery.

Mya arenaria

All languages

English

Soft-shelled Clam

Norwegian

vanlig sandskjell

Japanese

オオノガイ — おおのがい — oonogai

Korean

우럭 — ureok

Spanish

Mya arenaria — Scientific name; Spanish name under review

French

Mye commune

German

Sandklaffmuschel

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.