The clam is important in southwestern European countries commercially, experiencing population decrease and hybridization with exotic Manila clam (can be an infaunal bivalve that lives in sandy\muddy bottoms of estuaries, lagoons, and coastal flats along the MEDITERRANEAN AND BEYOND as well as the northeast Atlantic, from Senegal to Norway (Fischer\Piette and Mtivier 1971). dropped in… Continue reading The clam is important in southwestern European countries commercially, experiencing population