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Razor shells have a fragile shell, with open ends. The shell is smooth on the outside and whitish in color, with vertical and horizontal reddish-brown or purplish-brown markings separated by a diagonal line. The periostracum is olive-green. The inner surface is white with a purple tinge and the foot is creamy white with brown lines.
Ensis ensis, or the sword razor, is a razor clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pharidae. It lives buried in the sand and is found off the coasts of northwest Europe. It lives buried in the sand and is found off the coasts of northwest Europe.
The name "razor clam" is also used to refer to different species such as the Pacific razor clam (Siliqua patula) or Razor shell (Ensis magnus). Jackknife clams live in sand and mud and are found in intertidal or subtidal zones in bays and estuaries. Its streamlined shell and strong foot allow Jackknife clams to burrow quickly in wet sand.
Ensis is a genus of medium-sized edible saltwater clams, littoral bivalve molluscs in the family Pharidae. Ensis, or razor clams, are known in much of Scotland as spoots, for the spouts of water they eject while burrowing into the sand, when visible at low tide. [2]
Pacific razor clams are a highly desirable shellfish species and are collected by both commercial and recreational harvesters. [5] Razor clams, like other shellfish, may accumulate dangerous levels of the marine toxin domoic acid. [6] Harvesters should check current public health recommendations by marine authorities before collecting razor clams.
Molluscs are a large phylum of invertebrate animals, many of which have shells. Edible molluscs are harvested from saltwater, freshwater, and the land, and include numerous members of the classes Gastropoda (snails), Bivalvia (clams, scallops, oysters etc.), Cephalopoda (octopus and squid), and Polyplacophora (chitons).
Razor clam is a common name for long, narrow, saltwater clams (which resemble a closed straight razor in shape), including: Atlantic jackknife clam, Ensis directus; Gould's razor shell, Solen strictus; Pacific razor clam, Siliqua patula; Pinna bicolor, a species of large saltwater clam in the family Pinnidae; Razor shell, Ensis arcuatus
A clam shell (species Spisula solidissima) at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve mollusc.The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the sea floor or riverbeds.