| 蛤蜊 | gé lí | clam |   |
| 文蛤 | wén gé | clam / bivalve mollusk, many spp. | |
| 蛤 |  gé | clam | |
| 蚌 | bàng | mussel / clam | |
| 蜊 | lí | clam | |
| 花蛤 | huā gé | clam / bivalve mollusk, many spp. | |
| 蛤蚌 | gé bàng | clam | |
| 蛤蛎 | gé lì | clam / same as 蛤蜊[ge2 li2] | |
| 鹬蚌相争 | yù bàng xiāng zhēng | lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both) (idiom) / fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party | |
| 蜃 | shèn | giant clam / (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings | |
| 蛏 | chēng | mussel / razor clam / Solecurtus constricta | |
| 蚶 | hān | small clam (Arca inflata) | |
| 鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 | yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì | lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom) / fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party | |
| 大文蛤 | dà wén gé | giant clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4] | |
| 女神蛤 | nu:3 shén gé | geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4] | |
| 沙蚕 | shā cán | genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm | |
| 砗磲 | chē qú | giant clam (subfamily Tridacninae) | |
| 象拔蚌 | xiàng bá bàng | elephant trunk clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America) | |
| 魁蚶 | kuí hān | arc clam (Arca inflata) | |
| 贝耙 | | mussel rake / clam rake / rake | |
| 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利 | yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì | lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom) / fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party | |
| 蚶子 | hān zi | blood clam | |
| 海瓜子 | hǎi guā zǐ | Tellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusk) / any similar small clam | |
