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In the United States, razor clam harvesting is typically authorized by state officials several times a year. [7] Harvesters locate the clam by looking for a "show," which can present as either a hole or depression in the sand. [8] Some clams expose their siphons as the surf is receding making them far easier to spot; this behavior is called ...
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 ensis, or the sword razor, is a razor clam, ... Ensis ensis burrows into clean or silty sand on the seabed in the neritic zone and the low intertidal zone. When ...
Oct. 1—Potentially dangerous levels of domoic acid in razor clams has triggered a closure along the entire Oregon Coast for people digging and keeping these popular shellfish. One week after the ...
A Chinese dish of stir-fried razor clams. Many intertidal populations of razor shell have declined as a result of overfishing; the species is in decline in many areas. [citation needed] Razor shells are very sensitive to minor perturbations in, for instance, salinity and temperature. They will emerge from their burrows if salt or brine is ...
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] This term may also colloquially include members of the genus Solen.
Atlantic surf clam; Mactra stultorum; Meretrix (genus) Meretrix lyrata; Tresus; Tresus capax; Tresus nuttallii; Spisula aequilateralis; Many species of razor clams Pharidae, including: Atlantic jackknife clam; Ensis; Ensis macha; Pacific razor clam; Pod razor; Razor shell; Sinonovacula; Several species of bean clams Donacidae, including ...
The pod razor (Ensis siliqua) is a coastal bivalve of European waters. It is edible and has been fished commercially, especially in Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Scotland. [3] Ensis siliqua is also known as the razor fish, razor clam or giant razor. There is at least one subspecies: E. s. minor. [4]