McDonald's Happy Meal web site confirms that the October 2015 kids' meal theme will be based on the current film Hotel Transylvania 2 (not The Nightmare Before Christmas, which was released back in in 1993).
There are differences in the shell textures of oysters and clams. The shell of a clam is smooth and shiny while an oyster has a rough outer shell. Both the organisms take in water through the shells but the filtering procedure is different. Oysters produce pearls which are in much demand but clams do not.
Species harvested in Maine: Two kinds of clams are harvested in Maine: soft shell and hard shell. Both are harvested year round, with the peak season in the summer months. Soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria) aka âsteamersâ Soft-shell clams live in the mud, sand, and gravel intertidal areas. It takes about three to four years for a clam to grow to market size, which is two inches.