A 1/4 pound of 2 1/2 to 4" Tiger Clam Shells sold as singles

One quarter pound of single Tiger Clam Shells, measuring 2 1/2 to 4 inches

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Lucinidae

common name hatchet shells or tiger clam, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks. The Lucinidae family, lucinids for short, comprises approximately 500 living species of bivalves.

The members of this family have a worldwide distribution. They are found in muddy sand or gravel at or below low tide mark. They can also be found at bathyal depths. They have characteristically rounded shells with forward-facing projections. The shell is predominantly white and buff and is often thin-shelled. The shells are equivalve with unequal sides. The umbones (the apical part of each valve) are just anterior to mid-line. The adductor scars are unequal: the anterior are narrower and somewhat longer than the posterior. They are partly or largely separated from the pallial line. The valves are flattened and etched with concentric or radial rings. Each valve bears two cardinal and two plate-like lateral teeth. These mollusks do not have siphons but the extremely long foot makes a channel which is then lined with slime and serves for the intake and expulsion of water. The ligament is external and is often deeply inset. The pallial line lacks a sinus.

bathyal of or relating to the ocean depths or floor usually from 600 to 6000 feet

The average shell size if about 4 to 5 inches with the largest ever found at 12 inches

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Bivalvia

Order: Lucinida

Superfamily: Lucinoidea

Family: Lucinidae

Fleming, 1828

(REF: Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A. (2006-11-24). "Lucinidae (Bivalvia) - the most diverse group of chemosymbiotic molluscs". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 148 )(REF: Roeselers, Guus; Newton, Irene L. G. (2012-02-22). "On the evolutionary ecology of symbioses between chemosynthetic bacteria and bivalves". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 94)(REF: oi:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.193. ISSN 2058-5276. PMID 27775698. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lucinidae J. Fleming, 1828". )(REF: Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979)