Editing Clam

{{about|the real world species|the enemy from [[Yoshi's Story]]|[[Clam (Yoshi's Story)]]|the enemy from [[Donkey Kong 64]] also called a "clam"|[[oyster]]|the recurring enemy also called "Clam" in the [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]] [[Prima Games|PRIMA]] Official Game Guide|[[Clampy]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Clam 64.png|200px]]<br>A clam from ''Super Mario 64''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' (1986)
|latest_appearance=''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|comparable=[[Clam (Yoshi's Story)|Clam (''Yoshi's Story'')]]<br>[[Clambo]]<br>[[Clampy]]<br>[[Durapurl]]<br>[[Oyster]]
}}
'''Clams''' are giant bivalves that appear as rare enemies and obstacles throughout the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise. Their appearance changes slightly from title to title, but they retain their behavior of opening and closing their valves. A number of fictional species, including [[Clampy]]s from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and [[Clambo]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', are derived from  clams.
==History==
===''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!''===
In the 1986 anime ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'', a giant clam appears underwater, after [[Mario]] and [[Haru-ōji|Kibidango]] encounter the first [[Big Cheep Cheep|mega-sized Cheep-cheep]]. It holds the [[Super Star|star]] that they are looking for, but it shuts its shell tight. Mario and Kibidango try distracting the clam to open with music and dancing, but it closes down on Mario. Kibidango reads up on a solution and manages to get Mario and the star out of it by tickling the clam.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
'''Clam shells''',<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Pages 31, 34, 46.</ref><ref name=clam>Official UK Nintendo Magazine. ''Super Mario 64'' The Essential Player's Guide. Page 6.</ref> also called simply clams<ref name=clam/><ref>Knight, Michael. ''Nintendo DS'' Pocket Guide. Page 244.</ref> or shells,<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Page 34.</ref> are present in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', appearing in [[Jolly Roger Bay]] and [[Dire, Dire Docks]]. Most clam shells in Jolly Roger Bay contain [[Red Coin]]s, while another clam shell in the same area, as well as a clam shell in Dire, Dire Docks, contains a [[Green Shell|Koopa Shell]]. If a clam shell is touched when it is opening or closing, Mario, [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], or [[Wario]] gets knocked away and loses two wedges of [[Health Meter|health]]. Clam shells open up for a small period of time when one of the player characters approaches them.

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
Normal, organic clams themselves do not appear as a meaningful gameplay element in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. However, plastic representations of them make up the Clam Cup ride in [[Pinna Park]], which is advertised by some [[Noki]]s in a few missions. This attraction features six fake clams of different colors spinning around on a playground merry-go-round-like plate. They are normally closed, but spraying one enough causes it to open, revealing a [[coin]], [[Blue Coin]], or [[1-Up Mushroom]], if it contains anything at all.

===''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''===
[[File:Arctic Plunge.png|thumb|left|150px]]
In ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'', huge clams appear as [[item container]]s in underwater stages, starting with [[Pristine Sea]]. [[Clap]]ping near them releases [[banana|beat]]s.

===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
[[File:DKCTF Giant Clam Prima.jpg|thumb|[[Donkey Kong]] near a Giant Clam]]
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', '''Giant Clams'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide. Page 22.</ref> appear as underwater [[item container]]s. Like with other containers, attacking near them causes them to open and release treasure.

===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===
In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', [[Wendy O. Koopa]], the fourth boss, waits for Mario inside a clam before the battle with her. In battle, she attacks by summoning coins from the clams and dunking them on Mario. She also summons [[Gold Shy Guy]]s, [[Silver Shy Guy]]s, and [[Ice Bro]]s. from them to aid her in battle if Mario fails to [[Guard|block]] the attack.

===''Princess Peach: Showtime!''===
In ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'', clams appear in all three [[Mermaid Peach]] stages. By guiding a school of fishes with her voice, Peach can command them to open normal and big clams in the background (the latter require the strength of more fishes), releasing captured [[Theet]]s, [[coin]]s or [[Sparkle Gem]]s.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Clam SM64DS screenshot.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
Clam Pearl Hunt.png|''[[Mario Party 7]]''
Pearl Hunt Winner.png|''Mario Party 7''
LSM Dorrie Sunken Shipwreck.png|[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']]
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|file1=<tt>data/normal_obj/obj_shell/</tt>
|name1=SHELL
|meaning1=Shell
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=貝<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section, page 91.</ref>
|JapR=Kai
|JapM=Shellfish
|Spa=Almeja
|SpaM=Shellfish
|Fre=Palourde<br>Huître<ref>[https://www.nintendo64ever.com/Scans-Magazine,2,Le-Magazine-Officiel-Nintendo-01.html Nintendo official French magazine N1], page 86</ref>
|FreM=Clam<br>Oyster
|Ger=Muschel
|GerM=Clam
|Ita=Vongola<ref>''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' PRIMA Guide, pag. 109</ref>
|Ita2=Conchiglia<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 91</ref><ref>[https://www.lego.com/it-it/product/dorrie-s-sunken-shipwreck-adventure-expansion-set-71432 LEGO ''Super Mario'', Il veliero sommerso di Dorrie, on Lego.it]: "''Gira la piattaforma e trova il blocco chiave nella conchiglia.''"</ref>
|ItaM=Clam
|Ita2M=Seashell
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Bivalves|*]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze objects]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Jungle Beat objects]]
[[Category:LEGO Super Mario objects]]
[[Category:Princess Peach: Showtime! objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario 64 enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]
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