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href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%81_%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%81%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="صدف دوکفه‌ای – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="صدف دوکفه‌ای" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palourde" title="Palourde – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Palourde" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breallach" title="Breallach – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Breallach" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainteag" title="Bainteag – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Bainteag" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameixa_(molusco)" title="Ameixa (molusco) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Ameixa (molusco)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisreo" title="Tisreo – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="Tisreo" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as <a href="/wiki/Infauna" class="mw-redirect" title="Infauna">infauna</a>, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the sea floor or riverbeds. Clams have two shells of equal size connected by two adductor muscles and have a powerful burrowing foot.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They live in both freshwater and marine environments; in <a href="/wiki/Salt_water" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt water">salt water</a> they prefer to burrow down into the mud and the <a href="/wiki/Turbidity" title="Turbidity">turbidity</a> of the water required varies with species and location; the greatest diversity of these is in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clams in the culinary sense do not live attached to a substrate (whereas <a href="/wiki/Oyster" title="Oyster">oysters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mussel" title="Mussel">mussels</a> do) and do not live near the bottom (whereas <a href="/wiki/Scallop" title="Scallop">scallops</a> do). In culinary usage, clams are commonly eaten marine bivalves, as in <a href="/wiki/Clam_digging" title="Clam digging">clam digging</a> and the resulting soup, <a href="/wiki/Clam_chowder" title="Clam chowder">clam chowder</a>. Many edible clams such as <a href="/wiki/Grooved_carpet_shell" title="Grooved carpet shell">palourde clams</a> are ovoid or triangular;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however <a href="/wiki/Razor_clam" title="Razor clam">razor clams</a> have an elongated parallel-sided shell, suggesting an old-fashioned straight razor.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some clams have life cycles of only one year, whilst at least <a href="/wiki/Ming_(clam)" title="Ming (clam)">one</a> has been aged to more than 500 years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All clams have two calcareous shells or <a href="/wiki/Valve_(mollusc)" title="Valve (mollusc)">valves</a> joined near a hinge with a flexible ligament and all are <a href="/wiki/Filter_feeder" title="Filter feeder">filter feeders</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anatomy">Anatomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Anatomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/44px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/66px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/88px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clam_with_its_siphon_out_in_Boothbay_Maine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Clam_with_its_siphon_out_in_Boothbay_Maine.jpg/220px-Clam_with_its_siphon_out_in_Boothbay_Maine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Clam_with_its_siphon_out_in_Boothbay_Maine.jpg/330px-Clam_with_its_siphon_out_in_Boothbay_Maine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Clam_with_its_siphon_out_in_Boothbay_Maine.jpg/440px-Clam_with_its_siphon_out_in_Boothbay_Maine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2943" data-file-height="1668" /></a><figcaption>Clam with its siphon out</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LittleNeck_clams_USDA96c1862.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/LittleNeck_clams_USDA96c1862.jpg/220px-LittleNeck_clams_USDA96c1862.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/LittleNeck_clams_USDA96c1862.jpg/330px-LittleNeck_clams_USDA96c1862.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/LittleNeck_clams_USDA96c1862.jpg/440px-LittleNeck_clams_USDA96c1862.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>Littleneck clams, small <a href="/wiki/Hard_clam" title="Hard clam">hard clams</a>, species <i><a href="/wiki/Mercenaria_mercenaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercenaria mercenaria">Mercenaria mercenaria</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>A clam's shell consists of two (usually equal) valves, which are connected by a hinge joint and a ligament that can be internal or external.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ligament provides tension to bring the valves apart, whilst one or two adductor muscles can contract to close the valves. Clams also have kidneys, a heart, a mouth, a stomach, and a nervous system. Many have a <a href="/wiki/Siphon_(mollusc)" title="Siphon (mollusc)">siphon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Food_source_and_ecology">Food source and ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Food source and ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clams are shellfish that make up an important part of the web of life that keeps the seas functioning, both as filter feeders and as a food source for many different animals.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Extant mammals that eat clams include both the Pacific and Atlantic species of <a href="/wiki/Walrus" title="Walrus">walrus</a>, all known subspecies of <a href="/wiki/Harbor_seal" title="Harbor seal">harbour seals</a> in both the Atlantic and Pacific, most species of <a href="/wiki/Sea_lion" title="Sea lion">sea lions</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/California_sea_lion" title="California sea lion">California sea lion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bearded_seal" title="Bearded seal">bearded seals</a> and even species of river otters that will consume the freshwater species found in Asia and North America.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Birds of all kinds will also eat clams if they can catch them in the <a href="/wiki/Littoral_zone" title="Littoral zone">littoral zone</a>: <a href="/wiki/Roseate_spoonbills" class="mw-redirect" title="Roseate spoonbills">roseate spoonbills</a> of North and South America,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_oystercatcher" title="Eurasian oystercatcher">Eurasian oystercatcher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whooping_crane" title="Whooping crane">whooping crane</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Common_crane" title="Common crane">common crane</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_flamingo" title="American flamingo">American flamingo</a> of Florida and the Caribbean Sea,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Common_sandpiper" title="Common sandpiper">common sandpiper</a> are just a handful of the numerous birds that feast on clams all over the world. Most species of <a href="/wiki/Octopus" title="Octopus">octopus</a> have clams as a staple of their diet, up to and including the giants like the <a href="/wiki/Giant_Pacific_octopus" title="Giant Pacific octopus">Giant Pacific octopus</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sandiego_11_bg_010706.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Sandiego_11_bg_010706.jpg/220px-Sandiego_11_bg_010706.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Sandiego_11_bg_010706.jpg/330px-Sandiego_11_bg_010706.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Sandiego_11_bg_010706.jpg/440px-Sandiego_11_bg_010706.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A clam dish</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clams_simmering_in_white_wine_sauce.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Clams_simmering_in_white_wine_sauce.jpg/220px-Clams_simmering_in_white_wine_sauce.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Clams_simmering_in_white_wine_sauce.jpg/330px-Clams_simmering_in_white_wine_sauce.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Clams_simmering_in_white_wine_sauce.jpg/440px-Clams_simmering_in_white_wine_sauce.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="675" /></a><figcaption>Clams simmering in a white <a href="/wiki/Wine_sauce" title="Wine sauce">wine sauce</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culinary">Culinary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikibooks-logo-en-noslogan.svg/40px-Wikibooks-logo-en-noslogan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikibooks-logo-en-noslogan.svg/60px-Wikibooks-logo-en-noslogan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikibooks-logo-en-noslogan.svg/80px-Wikibooks-logo-en-noslogan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikibooks <a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook" class="extiw" title="wikibooks:Cookbook">Cookbook</a> has a recipe/module on <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist" style="margin-left: 1.6em;"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Clam" class="extiw" title="wikibooks:Cookbook:Clam"> Clam</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></div></div> </div> <p>Cultures around the world eat clams along with many other types of shellfish. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_America">North America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In culinary use, within the eastern coast of the United States and large swathes of <a href="/wiki/The_Maritimes" title="The Maritimes">the Maritimes</a> of Canada, the term "clam" most often refers to the <a href="/wiki/Hard_clam" title="Hard clam">hard clam</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mercenaria_mercenaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercenaria mercenaria">Mercenaria mercenaria</a></i>. It may also refer to a few other common edible species, such as the <a href="/wiki/Soft-shell_clam" title="Soft-shell clam">soft-shell clam</a>, <i>Mya arenaria</i>, and the ocean quahog, <i><a href="/wiki/Arctica_islandica" title="Arctica islandica">Arctica islandica</a></i>. Another species commercially exploited on the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic">Atlantic</a> Coast of the United States is the surf clam, <i><a href="/wiki/Spisula_solidissima" class="mw-redirect" title="Spisula solidissima">Spisula solidissima</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Scallop" title="Scallop">Scallops</a> are also used for food nationwide, but not <a href="/wiki/Cockle_(bivalve)" title="Cockle (bivalve)">cockles</a>: they are more difficult to get than in Europe because of their habit of being further out in the tide than European species on the West Coast, and on the East Coast they are often found in salt marshes and mudflats where mosquitoes are abundant.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are several edible species in the Eastern United States: <i><a href="/wiki/Americardia_media" title="Americardia media">Americardia media</a>,</i> also known as the strawberry cockle, is found from Cape Hatteras down into the Caribbean Sea and all of Florida; <i><a href="/wiki/Trachycardium_muricatum" class="mw-redirect" title="Trachycardium muricatum">Trachycardium muricatum</a></i> has a similar range to the strawberry cockle; and <i><a href="/wiki/Dinocardium_robustum" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinocardium robustum">Dinocardium robustum</a></i>, which grows to be many times the size of the European cockle.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, they were caught on a small scale on the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Banks" title="Outer Banks">Outer Banks</a>, barrier islands off North Carolina, and put in soups, steamed or pickled.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Up and down the coast of the Eastern U.S., the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_jackknife_clam" title="Atlantic jackknife clam">bamboo clam</a>, <i>Ensis directus</i>, is prized by Americans for making <a href="/wiki/Clam_strips" class="mw-redirect" title="Clam strips">clam strips</a>, although because of its nature of burrowing into the sand very close to the beach, it cannot be harvested by mechanical means without damaging the beaches.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bamboo clam is also notorious for having a very sharp edge of its shell, and when harvested by hand must be handled with great care. </p><p>On the U.S. West Coast, there are several species that have been consumed for thousands of years, evidenced by <a href="/wiki/Midden" title="Midden">middens</a> full of clamshells near the shore and their consumption by nations including the <a href="/wiki/Chumash_people" title="Chumash people">Chumash</a> of California, the <a href="/wiki/Nisqually_people" title="Nisqually people">Nisqually</a> of <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington state</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tsawwassen_First_Nation" title="Tsawwassen First Nation">Tsawwassen</a> of <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The butter clam, <i><a href="/wiki/Saxidomus_gigantea" title="Saxidomus gigantea">Saxidomus gigantea</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Pacific razor clam, <i><a href="/wiki/Siliqua_patula" class="mw-redirect" title="Siliqua patula">Siliqua patula</a>,</i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> gaper clams <i><a href="/wiki/Tresus_capax" title="Tresus capax">Tresus capax</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the geoduck clam, <i><a href="/wiki/Panopea_generosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Panopea generosa">Panopea generosa</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Pismo clam, <i><a href="/wiki/Tivela_stultorum" title="Tivela stultorum">Tivela stultorum</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are all eaten as delicacies. </p><p>Clams can be eaten raw, steamed, boiled, baked or <a href="/wiki/Fried_clams" title="Fried clams">fried</a>. They can also be made into <a href="/wiki/Clam_chowder" title="Clam chowder">clam chowder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clams_casino" title="Clams casino">clams casino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clam_cakes" class="mw-redirect" title="Clam cakes">clam cakes</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Stuffed_clam" title="Stuffed clam">stuffies</a>, or they can be cooked using hot rocks and seaweed in a <a href="/wiki/New_England_clam_bake" class="mw-redirect" title="New England clam bake">New England clam bake</a>. On the West Coast, they are an ingredient in making <a href="/wiki/Cioppino" title="Cioppino">cioppino</a> and local variants of <a href="/wiki/Ceviche" title="Ceviche">ceviche</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="India">India</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clams are eaten more in the coastal regions of India, especially in the Konkan, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a> and coastal regions of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> regions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, clams are used to make curries and fried with coconut. In the <a href="/wiki/Malabar_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Malabar region">Malabar region</a> it is known as "elambakka" and in middle kerala it is known as "kakka". Clam curry made with coconut is a dish from Malabar especially in the <a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a> region. On the southwestern coast of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, also known as the <a href="/wiki/Konkan" title="Konkan">Konkan</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, clams are used in curries and side dishes, like Tisaryachi Ekshipi, which is clams with one shell on. <a href="/wiki/Beary" title="Beary">Beary</a> Muslim households in the <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a> region prepare a main dish with clams called Kowldo Pinde. In <a href="/wiki/Udupi" title="Udupi">Udupi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a> regions, it is called <span title="Tulu-language text"><i lang="tcy">marvai</i></span> in the local <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu language</a>. It is used to prepare many dishes like <span title="Tulu-language text"><i lang="tcy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marvai_sukka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marvai sukka (page does not exist)">marvai sukka</a></i></span>, <span title="Tulu-language text"><i lang="tcy">marvai gassi</i></span>, and <span title="Tulu-language text"><i lang="tcy">marvai pundi</i></span>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Japan">Japan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Japan, clams are often an ingredient of mixed seafood dishes. They can also be made into <a href="/wiki/Hot_pot" title="Hot pot">hot pot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miso_soup" title="Miso soup">miso soup</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tsukudani" title="Tsukudani">tsukudani</a>. The more commonly used varieties of clams in Japanese cooking are the <b>Shijimi</b> (<i><a href="/wiki/Corbicula_japonica" title="Corbicula japonica">Corbicula japonica</a></i>), the <b>Asari</b> (<i><a href="/wiki/Venerupis_philippinarum" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerupis philippinarum">Venerupis philippinarum</a></i>) and the <b>Hamaguri</b> (<i><a href="/wiki/Meretrix_lusoria" title="Meretrix lusoria">Meretrix lusoria</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Great_Britain">Great Britain</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Great Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rocky terrain and pebbly shores of the seacoast that surrounds the entire island provide ample habitat for shellfish, and clams are most definitely included in that description. The oddity here is that for a nation whose fortunes have been tied to the sea for hundreds of years, 70% of the seafood cultivated for aquaculture or commercial harvesting is exported to the continent.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, Britain has been an island most famous for its passion for beef and dairy products, although there is evidence going back to before most recorded history of coastal shell middens near Weymouth and present day York.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (There is also evidence of more thriving local trade in sea products in general by noting the <a href="/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Fishmongers" title="Worshipful Company of Fishmongers">Worshipful Company of Fishmongers</a> was founded in 1272 in London.) Present-day younger populations are eating more of the catch than a generation ago, and there is a prevalence of YouTube videos of locavore scavenging. Shellfish have provided a staple of the British diet since the earliest occupations of the British Isles, as evidenced by the large numbers of remains found in midden mounds near occupied sites.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Staple favourites of the British public and local scavengers include the razorfish, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensis_siliqua" class="mw-redirect" title="Ensis siliqua">Ensis siliqua</a></i>, a slightly smaller cousin of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_jackknife_clam" title="Atlantic jackknife clam">bamboo clam</a> of eastern North America.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These can be found for sale in open-air markets like Billingsgate Market in London; they have a similar taste to their North American cousin.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cockles, specifically the <a href="/wiki/Common_cockle" title="Common cockle">common cockle</a>, are a staple find on beaches in western Wales and further north in the <a href="/wiki/Dee_Estuary" title="Dee Estuary">Dee Estuary</a>. The accidentally introduced hard-shell quahog is also found in British waters, mainly those near England, and does see some use in British cuisine. The <a href="/wiki/Grooved_carpet_shell" title="Grooved carpet shell">Palourde clam</a> by far is the most common native clam and it is both commercially harvested as well as locally collected, and <i><a href="/wiki/Spisula_solida" title="Spisula solida">Spisula solida</a></i>, a relative of the Atlantic surf clam on the other side of the Atlantic, is seeing increased interest as a food source and aquaculture candidate; it is mainly found in the British Isles in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Italy">Italy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Italy, clams are often an ingredient of mixed seafood dishes or are eaten together with pasta. The more commonly used varieties of clams in Italian cooking are the <i><a href="/wiki/Veneridae" title="Veneridae">vongola</a></i> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Venerupis_decussata" title="Venerupis decussata">Venerupis decussata</a>)</i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Mussel" title="Mussel">cozza</a></i> <i>(Mytilus galloprovincialis)</i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Tellina" title="Tellina">tellina</a></i> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Donax_trunculus" title="Donax trunculus">Donax trunculus</a>)</i>. Though <i><a href="/wiki/Lithophaga" title="Lithophaga">dattero di mare</a></i> <i>(Lithophaga lithophaga)</i> was once eaten, <a href="/wiki/Overfishing" title="Overfishing">overfishing</a> drove it to the verge of extinction (it takes 15 to 35 years to reach adult size and could only be harvested by smashing the calcarean rocks that form its habitat) and the Italian government has declared it an <a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">endangered species</a> since 1998 and its harvest and sale are forbidden.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Islam, clams are <a href="/wiki/Halal" title="Halal">halal</a> to eat as per three Sunni <a href="/wiki/Madhhab" title="Madhhab">sects</a>, but not in Hanafi, as only <a href="/wiki/Fish_as_food" title="Fish as food">fish</a> are considered halal in <a href="/wiki/Hanafi_jurisprudence" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanafi jurisprudence">Hanafi jurisprudence</a>, not other aquatic animals. In Judaism, clams are <a href="/wiki/Treif" class="mw-redirect" title="Treif">treif</a>, i.e. non-kosher. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_currency">As currency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: As currency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some species of clam, particularly <i><a href="/wiki/Mercenaria_mercenaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercenaria mercenaria">Mercenaria mercenaria</a></i>, were in the past used by the <a href="/wiki/Algonquian_peoples" title="Algonquian peoples">Algonquians</a> of Eastern North America to manufacture <a href="/wiki/Wampum" title="Wampum">wampum</a>, a type of sacred <a href="/wiki/Jewellery" title="Jewellery">jewellery</a>; and to make <a href="/wiki/Shell_money" title="Shell money">shell money</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kurlansky2006pp16_30-31_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kurlansky2006pp16_30-31-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Species">Species</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Species"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sphenoceramus_steenstrupi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sphenoceramus_steenstrupi.jpg/170px-Sphenoceramus_steenstrupi.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sphenoceramus_steenstrupi.jpg/255px-Sphenoceramus_steenstrupi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sphenoceramus_steenstrupi.jpg/340px-Sphenoceramus_steenstrupi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="4410" /></a><figcaption>One of the world's largest clam fossils (187 cm), a <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sphenoceramus_steenstrupi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sphenoceramus steenstrupi (page does not exist)">Sphenoceramus steenstrupi</a></i> specimen from <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Geological_Museum_in_Copenhagen" class="mw-redirect" title="Geological Museum in Copenhagen">Geological Museum in Copenhagen</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2_Tridacna_gigas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/2_Tridacna_gigas.jpg/220px-2_Tridacna_gigas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/2_Tridacna_gigas.jpg/330px-2_Tridacna_gigas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/2_Tridacna_gigas.jpg/440px-2_Tridacna_gigas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1361" data-file-height="989" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maxima_clam" title="Maxima clam">Maxima clam</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tridacna_maxima" class="mw-redirect" title="Tridacna maxima">Tridacna maxima</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>Edible: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ark_clam" title="Ark clam">Ark clams</a>, family <a href="/wiki/Arcidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcidae">Arcidae</a> (most popular in <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_jackknife_clam" title="Atlantic jackknife clam">Atlantic jackknife clam</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Ensis_directus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ensis directus">Ensis directus</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_surf_clam" title="Atlantic surf clam">Atlantic surf clam</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Spisula_solidissima" class="mw-redirect" title="Spisula solidissima">Spisula solidissima</a></i></li> <li>Common cockle: <i><a href="/wiki/Common_cockle" title="Common cockle">Cerastoderma edule</a></i> (Native to most of Europe, with very large populations in Ireland and Great Britain)</li> <li>Atlantic Giant Cockle: <i><a href="/wiki/Dinocardium_robustum" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinocardium robustum">Dinocardium robustum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoduck" title="Geoduck">Geoduck</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Panopea_abrupta" title="Panopea abrupta">Panopea abrupta</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Panope_generosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Panope generosa">Panope generosa</a></i> (largest burrowing clam in the world)</li> <li>Gould's razor shell, <i><a href="/wiki/Solen_strictus" class="mw-redirect" title="Solen strictus">Solen strictus</a></i> (popular in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grooved_carpet_shell" title="Grooved carpet shell">Grooved carpet shell</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Ruditapes_decussatus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruditapes decussatus">Ruditapes decussatus</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_clam" title="Hard clam">Hard clam</a> or Northern Quahog: <i><a href="/wiki/Mercenaria_mercenaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercenaria mercenaria">Mercenaria mercenaria</a></i> (Native to Eastern USA and Maritime Canada<i>)</i></li> <li>Lyrate Asiatic hard clam: <i><a href="/wiki/Meretrix_lyrata" title="Meretrix lyrata">Meretrix lyrata</a></i></li> <li>Manila clam: <i><a href="/wiki/Venerupis_philippinarum" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerupis philippinarum">Venerupis philippinarum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_quahog" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocean quahog">Ocean quahog</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Arctica_islandica" title="Arctica islandica">Arctica islandica</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_razor_clam" title="Pacific razor clam">Pacific razor clam</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Siliqua_patula" class="mw-redirect" title="Siliqua patula">Siliqua patula</a></i></li> <li>Pipis, <i><a href="/wiki/Plebidonax_deltoides" title="Plebidonax deltoides">Plebidonax deltoides</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Paphies_australis" title="Paphies australis">Paphies australis</a></i></li> <li>Pismo clam: <i><a href="/wiki/Tivela_stultorum" title="Tivela stultorum">Tivela stultorum</a></i></li> <li>Pod razor clam: <a href="/wiki/Pod_razor" title="Pod razor"><i>Ensis siliqua</i></a></li> <li>Spoot: <i><a href="/wiki/Ensis_magnus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ensis magnus">Ensis magnus</a></i></li> <li>Soft clam: <i><a href="/wiki/Mya_arenaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Mya arenaria">Mya arenaria</a></i></li></ul> <p>Not usually considered edible: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nut_clam" class="mw-redirect" title="Nut clam">Nut clams</a> or pointed nut clams, family <a href="/wiki/Nuculidae" title="Nuculidae">Nuculidae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duck_clam" class="mw-redirect" title="Duck clam">Duck clams</a> or <a href="/wiki/Trough_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Trough shell">trough shells</a>, family <a href="/wiki/Mactridae" title="Mactridae">Mactridae</a></li> <li>Marsh clams, family <a href="/wiki/Corbiculidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Corbiculidae">Corbiculidae</a></li> <li>File clams, family <a href="/wiki/Limidae" title="Limidae">Limidae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant_clam" title="Giant clam">Giant clam</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Tridacna_gigas" class="mw-redirect" title="Tridacna gigas">Tridacna gigas</a></i> This clam is native to East Asia and is edible, but should be avoided because of slow reproduction.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_clam" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian clam">Asian or Asiatic clam</a>: genus <i><a href="/wiki/Corbicula" title="Corbicula">Corbicula</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peppery_furrow_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Peppery furrow shell">Peppery furrow shell</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Scrobicularia_plana" title="Scrobicularia plana">Scrobicularia plana</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clam&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clam_juice" title="Clam juice">Clam juice</a> – Broth obtained from clams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_clam_dishes" title="List of clam dishes">List of clam dishes</a> – dishes and foods prepared using clams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mussel" title="Mussel">Mussel</a> – Type of bivalve mollusc</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shipworm" title="Shipworm">Shipworm</a> – Family of molluscs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_purification" title="Water purification">Water purification</a> – Process of removing impurities from water</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Clams</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_jackknife_clam" title="Atlantic jackknife clam">Atlantic jackknife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_surf_clam" title="Atlantic surf clam">Atlantic surf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoduck" title="Geoduck">Geoduck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grooved_carpet_shell" title="Grooved carpet shell">Grooved carpet shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_clam" title="Hard clam">Hard clam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horse_clam" class="mw-redirect" title="Horse clam">Horse</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mactra_stultorum" title="Mactra stultorum">Mactra stultorum</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mya_truncata" title="Mya truncata">Blunt gaper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arctica_islandica" title="Arctica islandica">Ocean quahog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_razor_clam" title="Pacific 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oysters</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crassostrea" title="Crassostrea">Crassostrea</a></i> ("true oyster" genus)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scallop" title="Scallop">Scallops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argopecten_irradians" title="Argopecten irradians">Atlantic bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecten_maximus" title="Pecten maximus">Great/king</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecten_novaezelandiae" title="Pecten novaezelandiae">New Zealand</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pecten_jacobaeus" title="Pecten jacobaeus">Pecten jacobaeus</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argopecten_purpuratus" title="Argopecten purpuratus">Peruvian calico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizuhopecten_yessoensis" title="Mizuhopecten yessoensis">Yesso</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Placopecten_magellanicus" title="Placopecten 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href="/wiki/Laevistrombus_canarium" title="Laevistrombus canarium">Dog</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Limpet" title="Limpet">Limpets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cellana_exarata" title="Cellana exarata">Black-foot opihi/Hawaiian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cellana_talcosa" title="Cellana talcosa">Turtle/talc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cellana_sandwicensis" title="Cellana sandwicensis">Yellow-foot opihi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patella_ulyssiponensis" title="Patella ulyssiponensis">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patella_vulgata" title="Patella vulgata">Common European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patella_caerulea" title="Patella caerulea">Rayed Mediterranean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patella_ferruginea" title="Patella ferruginea">Ribbed Mediterranean</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Freshwater_snail" title="Freshwater snail">Freshwater</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_snail" title="Apple snail">Apple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neritidae" title="Neritidae">Nerites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Inkfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Inkfish">Inkfish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cuttlefish" title="Cuttlefish">Cuttlefish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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<li><a href="/wiki/Llama" title="Llama">Llama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pork" title="Pork">Pork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veal" title="Veal">Veal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yak" title="Yak">Yak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BBubro%C5%84" title="Żubroń">Żubroń</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Game_(hunting)" title="Game (hunting)">Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alligator_meat" title="Alligator meat">Alligator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_as_food" title="Bat as food">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_hunting" title="Bear hunting">Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushmeat" title="Bushmeat">Bushmeat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_boar" title="Wild boar">Boar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crocodile_meat" class="mw-redirect" title="Crocodile meat">Crocodile</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fish_as_food" title="Fish as food">Fish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anchovies_as_food" title="Anchovies as food">Anchovy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basa_(fish)" title="Basa (fish)">Basa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_(fish)" title="Bass (fish)">Bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carp#As_food" title="Carp">Carp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catfish" title="Catfish">Catfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cod_as_food" title="Cod as food">Cod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crappie" title="Crappie">Crappie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eel_as_food" title="Eel as food">Eel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flounder" title="Flounder">Flounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grouper" title="Grouper">Grouper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haddock" title="Haddock">Haddock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halibut" title="Halibut">Halibut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herring_as_food" title="Herring as food">Herring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_mackerel" title="King mackerel">Kingfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackerel_as_food" title="Mackerel as food">Mackerel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahi-mahi" title="Mahi-mahi">Mahi Mahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlin" title="Marlin">Marlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milkfish" title="Milkfish">Milkfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_roughy" title="Orange roughy">Orange roughy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_saury" title="Pacific saury">Pacific saury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perch" title="Perch">Perch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esox" title="Esox">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cod_as_food" title="Cod as food">Pollock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon_as_food" title="Salmon as food">Salmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardines_as_food" title="Sardines as food">Sardine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shark_meat" title="Shark meat">Shark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sole_(fish)" title="Sole (fish)">Sole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridescent_shark" title="Iridescent shark">Swai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swordfish" title="Swordfish">Swordfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilapia" title="Tilapia">Tilapia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trout" title="Trout">Trout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuna_as_food" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuna as food">Tuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walleye" title="Walleye">Walleye</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shellfish" title="Shellfish">Shellfish</a> and<br />other <a href="/wiki/Seafood" title="Seafood">seafood</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abalone" title="Abalone">Abalone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squid_as_food" title="Squid as food">Calamari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiton" title="Chiton">Chiton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Clam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crab_meat" title="Crab meat">Crab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crayfish_as_food" title="Crayfish as food">Crayfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">Dolphin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobster_as_food" class="mw-redirect" title="Lobster as food">Lobster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mussel" title="Mussel">Mussel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octopus_as_food" title="Octopus as food">Octopus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyster" title="Oyster">Oyster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scallop" title="Scallop">Scallop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_meat" title="Seal meat">Seal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrimp_and_prawn_as_food" title="Shrimp and prawn as food">Shrimp/prawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_cucumbers_as_food" title="Sea cucumbers as food">Sea cucumber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_urchin#As_food" title="Sea urchin">Sea urchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whale_meat" title="Whale meat">Whale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Insects_as_food" title="Insects as food">Insects</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ant_eggs" title="Ant eggs">Ants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermetia_illucens" title="Hermetia illucens">Black soldier fly maggots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cicada" title="Cicada">Cicada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_(insect)" title="Cricket (insect)">Crickets</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_flour" title="Cricket flour">Flour</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grasshopper" title="Grasshopper">Grasshoppers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Locust" title="Locust">locust</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mealworm" title="Mealworm">Mealworm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mezcal_worm" title="Mezcal worm">Mezcal worm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombyx_mori" title="Bombyx mori">Silkworm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonimbrasia_belina" title="Gonimbrasia belina">Mopane worm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhynchophorus" title="Rhynchophorus">Palm grub</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cuts and<br />preparation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meat_hanging" title="Meat hanging">Aged</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacon" title="Bacon">Bacon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbecue" title="Barbecue">Barbecued</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biltong" title="Biltong">Biltong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braising" title="Braising">Braised</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patty" title="Patty">Burger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charcuterie" title="Charcuterie">Charcuterie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meat_chop" title="Meat chop">Chop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confit#Meat_confit" title="Confit">Confit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corned_beef" title="Corned beef">Corned</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curing_(food_preservation)" title="Curing (food preservation)">Cured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutlet" title="Cutlet">Cutlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dried_meat" title="Dried meat">Dried</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dum_pukht" title="Dum pukht">Dum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fermented_meat" title="Fermented meat">Fermented</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fillet_(cut)" title="Fillet (cut)">Fillet</a>/<a href="/wiki/Supreme_(cooking)" title="Supreme (cooking)">supreme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forcemeat" title="Forcemeat">Forcemeat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cretons" title="Cretons">Cretons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A2t%C3%A9" title="Pâté">Pâté</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frying" title="Frying">Fried</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frozen_food" title="Frozen food">Frozen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground_meat" title="Ground meat">Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ham" title="Ham">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerky" title="Jerky">Jerky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kebab" title="Kebab">Kebab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidney_(food)" title="Kidney (food)">Kidney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liver_(food)" title="Liver (food)">Liver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunch_meat" title="Lunch meat">Luncheon meat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marination" title="Marination">Marinated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meatball" title="Meatball">Meatball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meatloaf" title="Meatloaf">Meatloaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offal" title="Offal">Offal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickling" title="Pickling">Pickled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pemmican" title="Pemmican">Pemmican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poaching_(cooking)" title="Poaching (cooking)">Poached</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potted_meat" title="Potted meat">Potted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rillettes" title="Rillettes">Rillettes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roasting" title="Roasting">Roasted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salting_(food)#Meat" title="Salting (food)">Salt-cured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salumi" title="Salumi">Salumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sausage" title="Sausage">Sausage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoked_meat" title="Smoked meat">Smoked</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steak" title="Steak">Steak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stew#Types_of_stew" title="Stew">Stewed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tandoor" title="Tandoor">Tandoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steak_tartare" title="Steak tartare">Tartare</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">List articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_meat_dishes" title="List of meat dishes">Meat dishes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beef_dishes" title="List of beef dishes">Beef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chicken_dishes" title="List of chicken dishes">Chicken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fish_dishes" title="List of fish dishes">Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_goat_dishes" title="List of goat dishes">Goat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lamb_dishes" title="List of lamb dishes">Lamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pork_dishes" title="List of pork dishes">Pork</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ham_dishes" title="List of ham dishes">Ham</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_seafood_dishes" title="List of seafood dishes">Seafood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_veal_dishes" title="List of veal dishes">Veal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_steak_dishes" title="List of steak dishes">Steaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_meatball_dishes" title="List of meatball dishes">Meatball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_smoked_foods" title="List of smoked foods">Smoked foods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sausage_dishes" title="List of sausage dishes">Sausage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_meat_consumption" title="List of countries by meat consumption">Countries by meat consumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_meat_production" title="List of countries by meat production">Countries by meat production</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Food_and_drink_prohibitions" title="Food and drink prohibitions">Food and drink prohibitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_meat_substitutes" title="List of meat substitutes">Meat substitutes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ethics and<br />psychology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethics_of_eating_meat" title="Ethics of eating meat">Ethics of eating meat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnism" title="Carnism">Carnism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animal_rights" title="Animal rights">Animal rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychology_of_eating_meat" title="Psychology of eating meat">Psychology of eating meat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Psychology_of_eating_meat#Meat_paradox" title="Psychology of eating meat">Meat paradox</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alternatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vegetarianism" title="Vegetarianism">Vegetarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexitarianism" title="Flexitarianism">Semi-vegetarianism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pescetarianism" title="Pescetarianism">Pescetarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pollotarianism" title="Pollotarianism">Pollotarianism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plant-based_diet" title="Plant-based diet">Plant-based diet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meat_alternative" title="Meat alternative">Meat alternative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veganism" title="Veganism">Veganism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Meat_science" title="Meat science">Meat science</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beef_hormone_controversy" title="Beef hormone controversy">Beef hormone controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drip_loss" class="mw-redirect" title="Drip loss">Drip loss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feed_conversion_ratio" title="Feed conversion ratio">Feed conversion ratio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Food_preservation" title="Food preservation">Preservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meat_tenderness" title="Meat tenderness">Tenderness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meat_water_holding_capacity" title="Meat water holding capacity">Water holding capacity</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Meat_industry" title="Meat industry">Meat industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meat_broker" title="Meat broker">Broker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_house_(building)" title="Branch house (building)">Branch house</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butcher" title="Butcher">Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meat_cutter" title="Meat cutter">Cutter</a></li> <li><a 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title="Case-ready meat">Case-ready meat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meat_diaper" class="mw-redirect" title="Meat diaper">Meat diaper</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultured_meat" title="Cultured meat">Cultured meat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entomophagy_in_humans" title="Entomophagy in humans">Entomophagy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marbled_meat" title="Marbled meat">Marbled</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artificial_marbling" title="Artificial marbling">Artificial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystery_meat" title="Mystery meat">Mystery meat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offal" title="Offal">Offal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-vegetarian_food_in_India" title="Non-vegetarian food in India">Non-vegetarian food in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pink_slime" title="Pink slime">Pink slime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raw_meat" title="Raw meat">Raw meat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_meat" title="Red meat">Red meat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roadkill_cuisine" title="Roadkill cuisine">Roadkill cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warmed-over_flavor" title="Warmed-over flavor">Warmed-over flavor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_meat" title="White meat">White meat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Foodlogo2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Foodlogo2.svg/16px-Foodlogo2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Foodlogo2.svg/24px-Foodlogo2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Foodlogo2.svg/32px-Foodlogo2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="146" data-file-height="106" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Food" title="Portal:Food">Food portal</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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