Clam Anatomy

[Huskymaniac]

I know difficult to see but does anyone have any idea what this is? Its like a flower piston comming from the bottom of the clam.

 

[KJ]

Look like this?

 

[Huskymaniac]

Nope. I think its actually part of the clam.

 

[Dennis McGrath]

Isn't that the foot of the clam?

 

[DSC reef]

Hard to tell from the pic but that's where the byssal organ puts out threads.