Blood clam

Toxicity LCjo (24-hour) for bluegill sunfish 23 mg/L, rainbow trout 12 mg/L (Worthing and Hance, 1991), blood clam 9.31 mg/L (Bharathi, 1994) LC50 (48-hoiu ) for rainbow trout 7 mg/L (Hartley and Kidd, 1987), blood clam 6.19 mg/L (Bharathi, 1994) LCjo (72-hom) for blood clam 5.15 mg/L (Bharathi, 1994) LC50 (96-hour) for blood clam 3.53 mg/L (Bharathi, 1994) acute oral LDjo for male and female rats 18 and 20 mg/kg, respectively (Hartley and Kidd, 1987), 8 mg/kg (RTECS, 1985). 

Bharathi, C. Toxicity of Insecticides and Effects on the Behavior of the Blood Clam Anadaria granosa Water, Air and Soil Pollut, 75(l-2) 87-91 (1994). 

Tian, P., Engelbrektson, A. L., Jiang, X., Zhong, W., and Mandrell, R. E. (2007). Norovirus recognizes histo-blood group antigens on gastrointestinal cells of clams, mussels, and oysters A possible mechanism of bioaccumulation. /. Food Prot. 70, 2140-2147. 

Vitamin B12 (cyancobali-min, cobalamin) Protein and fatty acid metabolism production of red blood cells maintenance of nervous system, concentration and memory. Clams, oysters, beef, eggs and dairy products. Not found in many plant products strict vegetarians may need to consider Bi2 supplements. 2 mg No... 

Cobalt— This mineral, which is an integral part of vitamin B-12—an essential factor in the formation of red blood cells, must be ingested in the form of vitamin B-12 in order to be of value to man hence, a table showing the cobalt content of human foods serves no useful purpose. The oigan meats (liver, kidney) are excellent sources of vitamin B-12 (hence, of cobalt). The vitamin B-12 content, in mcg/100 g, of some rich animal food sources follows beef liver. 111 clams, 98 lamb kidneys, 63 turkey liver, 48 and calf kidney, 25. 

Agudelo Curtin, M., Kustin, K., and Robinson, W.E. (1985) Iron accumulation in tunicate blood cells. II. Whole body and blood cell iron uptake by Styela clam. Biol. Bull., 169,152-163. 

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