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Soft-shell clam
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<p>Soft-shell clams (American English) or Sand gaper (British English/Europe), <a href="/facts/Scientific_name/jgBqAhPv">scientific name</a> <i>Mya arenaria</i>, popularly called "steamers", "softshells", "piss clams", "<a href="/facts/Ipswich%2c_Massachusetts/LlSrqXCj">Ipswich</a> clams", or "<a href="/facts/Essex%2c_Massachusetts/M0SxjsuQ">Essex</a> clams", are a <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> of edible saltwater <a href="/facts/Clam/5BB6vVl7">clam</a>, a <a href="/facts/Marine_(ocean)/8W8lYgjD">marine</a> <a href="/facts/Bivalve/IQDxHVc8">bivalve</a> <a href="/facts/Mollusc/1elgknsQ">mollusk</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Myidae/nrropGem">Myidae</a>. </p> <p>Right and left valve of the same specimen: </p>