Clam Dissection Lab Companion

 

You will be required to locate the following items on a real clam for your Phylum Mollusca Dissection Quiz:

 

You will be required to answer these types of questions about the clam:

 

You will also be required to know the phylogeny of the clam, as listed below in the table:  Remember that the scientific name of any organism is the Genus and Species names together.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia or Pelecypoda
Order Unionida
Family Unionidae
Genus Anadonta
Species californiensis

 

You will be required to know the items on the following diagrams of a clam: