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Ensis Minor
Ensis minor, or the jackknife clam, is a long, smooth-shelled, burrowing clam found in the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe .... These clams are often collected for food. ''Ensis minor'' can grow up to in length. It is white, sometimes with reddish-brown markings. References Pharidae Commercial molluscs {{Bivalve-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe and Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World. The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and North and South America to the west. As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The Atlantic Ocean is divided in two parts, by the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean split at about 8°N. Scientific explorations of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pharidae
Pharidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Adapedonta. This family of clams is related to the razor shells, a family which is considered to include Pharidae by some authorities. Genera Genera within the family Pharidae include: * '' Afrophaxas'' Cosel, 1993 * '' Cultellus'' Schumacher, 1817 * '' Ensiculus'' H. Adams, 1860 * ''Ensis'' Schumacher, 1817 * '' Leguminaria'' Schumacher, 1817 * '' Nasopharus'' Cosel, 1993 * '' Neosiliqua'' Habe, 1965 * '' Novaculina'' Benson, 1830 * '' Orbicularia'' Deshayes, 1850 * '' Pharella'' Gray, 1854 * '' Pharus'' Leach in Brown, 1844 * '' Phaxas'' Leach in Gray, 1852 * ''Siliqua'' Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 * ''Sinonovacula ''Sinonovacula'' is a genus of bivalves. Species include: *''Sinonovacula constricta ''Sinonovacula constricta'', the constricted tagelus, Chinese razor clam or Agemaki clam, is a commercially important species of bivalve native to th ...'' Prashad, 1924 * '' Sinucu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
