Look for topneck or cherrystone clams. These are the next-widest varieties of the same hard-shell clam variety, followed by littleneck and countneck. Read the original article on Tasting Table.

Don’t confuse the quahog with the soft-shell clam, which is a separate species found in tidal flats that’s used to make steamers. It’s also different from the ocean quahog, another bivalve ...

A Stony Brook University study shows hard shell clam restoration efforts in Shinnecock Bay have reached a new milestone. In the 1970s, two-thirds of hard clams eaten in the U.S. came from Long ...

Popular species of clam include: American hard shell clams – large clams with a thick, heavy shell Palourdes (also known as Manilla clams) – clams with a pretty, marbled shell that are ...

First off, the northern quahog is the same thing as a hard-shell clam – a bivalve mollusk found in coastal waters from Nova Scotia to Florida. While it’s known as a hard clam just about ...