Editing Clam

{{about|the real world species|other uses|[[Clam (disambiguation)]]}}

'''Clams''' appear in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise as rare enemies and obstacles with an appearance differing slightly between appearances while retaining a common 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.

 

A giant clam in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' appears underwater in one scene 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.

'''Clam shells''',<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=31, 34, 46}}</ref><ref name=clam>{{cite|title=Official UK Nintendo Magazine. ''Super Mario 64'' The Essential Player's Guide|page=6}}</ref> also called simply clams<ref name=clam/><ref>{{cite|author=Knight, Michael|title=''Nintendo DS'' Pocket Guide|page=244|date=March 16, 2010|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-46760-7|language=en-us}}</ref> or shells,<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=34}}</ref> are present in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its Nintendo DS version]]. They appear 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.

Clams in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' do not appear as interactive gameplay elements, but plastic representations of them make up the Clam Cup ride in [[Pinna Park]], which is advertised by some [[Noki]]s in a few missions. Six fake clams of different colors are featured in the attraction, spinning around on a playground merry-go-round-like plate. They are normally closed, but spraying one enough causes it to open, sometimes revealing either a [[coin]], a [[Blue Coin]], or a [[1-Up Mushroom]].

Clams in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' are huge and appear as [[item container]]s in underwater stages, starting with [[Pristine Sea]]. [[Clap]]ping near them releases [[banana|beat]]s.

[[File:DKCTF Giant Clam Prima.jpg|thumb|[[Donkey Kong]] near a Giant Clam in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'']]

'''Giant Clams'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier|title=''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide|page=22|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=February 21, 2024|isbn=978-0-804-16252-4}}</ref> in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' appear as underwater [[item container]]s that can be attacked nearby for them to open and release treasure, like with other containers.

In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', [[Wendy|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.

Clams in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'' appear in all three [[Mermaid Peach]] stages. By guiding a school of fish 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.

==Naming==

|Jpn=貝<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section|page=91}}</ref>

|JpnR=Kai

|JpnM=Shellfish

|Fre=Palourde

|Fre2=Huître<ref>{{cite|url=https://archive.org/details/NM6401/mode/2up?view=theater|title=Nintendo official French magazine N1|page=86}}</ref>

|FreM=Clam

|Fre2M=Oyster

|Ita=Conchiglia

|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Questa conchiglia è chiusa, hai visto?|author=Plucky on [[Mecha-Bowser Appears!|Episode 1]]|publisher=''Super Mario Sunshine''|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=91}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.lego.com/it-it/product/dorrie-s-sunken-shipwreck-adventure-expansion-set-71432|title=LEGO ''Super Mario'', Il veliero sommerso di Dorrie|publisher=Lego.it|quote=Gira la piattaforma e trova il blocco chiave nella conchiglia.}}</ref>

|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' PRIMA Guide|page=109}}</ref>

|ItaM=Seashell

|Ita2M=Clam