Smooth clam
The smooth clam, Callista chione, (also sometimes classified as Cytherea chione or Meretrix chione) is a rather large, temperate, marine, bivalve mollusc that inhabits sandy bottoms or with small pebbles in clean waters down to about 200 m from the British Isles to the Mediterranean. The shell can reach up to about 110 mm Ø, its outer side is smooth and ranges from light greenish creamy colour to medium brown , probably varies to match the background; the interior is white to soft pink. The concentric and radial growth lines are easily seen. Callista chione is edible, different dishes are prepared throughout the Mediterranean in Spain, Italy, France, the Balkan and the Magreb countries.
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Smooth clam
The smooth clam, Callista chione, (also sometimes classified as Cytherea chione or Meretrix chione) is a rather large, temperate, marine, bivalve mollusc that inhabits sandy bottoms or with small pebbles in clean waters down to about 200 m from the British Isles to the Mediterranean. The shell can reach up to about 110 mm Ø, its outer side is smooth and ranges from light greenish creamy colour to medium brown , probably varies to match the background; the interior is white to soft pink. The concentric and radial growth lines are easily seen. Callista chione is edible, different dishes are prepared throughout the Mediterranean in Spain, Italy, France, the Balkan and the Magreb countries.
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Callista chione (Bruine venuss ...... d de Middellandse Zee gegeten.
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Callista chione (a veces denom ...... orecer toxinas en su interior.
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La fasolara o fasolaro (Callis ...... della famiglia dei Veneridae.
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Le vernis (Callista chione) es ...... açade atlantique de la France.
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The smooth clam, Callista chio ...... paralytic shellfish poisoning.
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Callista chione (Bruine venuss ...... d de Middellandse Zee gegeten.
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Callista chione (a veces denom ...... ad del agua donde se ha criado
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La fasolara o fasolaro (Callis ...... della famiglia dei Veneridae.
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Le vernis (Callista chione) es ...... es Îles Britanniques au Maroc.
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The smooth clam, Callista chio ...... lkan and the Magreb countries.
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Callista chione
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Smooth clam
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