Ensis

Ensis

----Taxobox
name = "Ensis"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Veneroida
familia = Solenidae
genus = "Ensis"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Ensis" is a genus of medium-sized edible saltwater clams, littoral bivalve mollusks in the family Solenidae.

In the USA, other common names for species in this genus are razor clams or jackknife clams.Fact|date=June 2008 This is because the long, narrow, and parallel-sided shape of their shells is unusual in bivalves. The shape of these clams resembles a closed, old-fashioned straight razor (a cut-throat razor), or a closed jackknife (pocket knife). The shells are fragile and can easily be damaged when digging for these clams.

"Ensis" species live in clean sand on exposed beaches. They are capable of digging very rapidly; see the description under the Atlantic jackknife clam.

pecies

* Razor shell "(Ensis arcuatus)"
* Atlantic jackknife clam "(Ensis directus)"
* Jackknife clam "(Ensis minor)"
* Pod razor "(Ensis siliqua)"
* "Ensis macha"


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