On 2007-09-24 08:30:22 -0700, "Musashi" > said:

> Yes at a sushi counter you will find Akagai, Aoyagi, Torigai, Mirugai, etc
> all in raw form. I think that surf clam is probably mirugai or geoduck.

Nope. I get frequenctly in SoCal and they are explicitly not mirugai.
They have a very distinctive look to them with a pink point of sorts.
It looks vaguely triangular. I found a picture, which though it looks
a little skewed to red rather than pink is close enough:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...79752668XPISTZ
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