Clam question

gene22

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BRS Member
Just purchased a blue maxima clam and when it was in the bag I noticed a fuzzy white protrusion. Is it the foot or byssal?
 
The foot? The bottom of a clam has an opening where the byssal organ secretes a substance that hardens and has a white stringy structure.
 
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