In myths, rosemary has a reputation for improving memory and has been used as a symbol for remembrance during war commemorations and funerals in Europe and Australia.Mourners would throw it into graves as a symbol of remembrance for the dead.n myths, rosemary has a reputation for improving memory and has been used as a symbol for remembrance during war commemorations and funerals in Europe and Australia.
Up close: Gills. The clam gills play an interesting role in the clam's survival. The gills have two functions in two separate systems of the clam. For the digestive system, the gills aide in digestion through separating silt from the nutrition and aids in the respiratory system through providing oxygen to the clam.
Mollusks also have a radula or file-like organ for feeding, a mantle that may secrete a shell, and a muscular foot for locomotion. Clams are marine mollusks with two valves or shells. Like all mollusks, a clam has a mantle which surrounds its soft body.