![Peering into the body of a clam at rest along Sam's Wall. "Clams feed on plankton by filter feeding. Clams filter feed by drawing in water containing food using an incurrent siphon. The food is then filtered out of the water by the gills and swept toward the mouth on a layer of mucus. The water is then expelled from the animal by an excurrent siphon." [Wikipedia 2011.]](https://pub-449f64ab4fa441488f8500334ff43031.r2.dev/variants/5s6turyx4vg5/2400.webp)
Clam, Palau, 2011
Peering into the body of a clam at rest along Sam's Wall. "Clams feed on plankton by filter feeding. Clams filter feed by drawing in water containing food using an incurrent siphon. The food is then filtered out of the water by the gills and swept toward the mouth on a layer of mucus. The water is then expelled from the animal by an excurrent siphon." [Wikipedia 2011.]
Prints and licensing- Region
- Palau
- Locator
- Republic of Palau | Western Pacific
- Trip
- Clam Dives
- Date
- 20 January 2011
- Subjects
- Camera
- Intova IC 12
- Exposure
- 1/69 s f/3.1 ISO 100
- Frame
- 2448 × 3264