Pearly Clamclamp

The Pearly Clamclamp is a large bivalve that has a pinkish shell, and inside, a small pearl surrounded by a clear blue membrane. This pearl can be attacked by Pikmin. The enemy's only defense is stretching its mouth wide open, creaking like a poorly-oiled hinge, and then chomping down on and eating any Pikmin inside. When its health is depleted, the pearl will fall out and can be carried. However, the enemy cannot truly die and will continue to attack even after its pearl has been removed.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin Forever
Pearly Clamclamps appear in Pikmin Forever. While always appearing around or in water bodies, their exact positions are not constant from a day to day basis. After dislodging a pearl, the clamclamp will not produce another until between five and six days later; it will remain without a pearl until that time. It can not be defeated by bomb rocks, as when it senses an active bomb rock nearby it will close its shell and, if the bomb rock is inside it, the bomb rock will deactivate and rest on the clamclamp's tongue.

In Pikmin Z
The Pearly Clamclamp appears in Pikmin Z.

In Pikmin: The Huge Debt
In Pikmin: The Huge Debt, Pearly Clamclamps are more common, and their pearls are worth twenty-five Pikmin seeds.

In Pikmin: Redemption
Pearly Clamclamps in Pikmin: Redemption are more commonly encountered. Their pearls only yield twenty-five Pikmin seeds, rather than fifty, when delivered to an Onion.