Gould's razor shell (''Solen strictus'') is a
bivalve mollusc of the family
Solenidae
Solenidae, commonly called "razor shells", is a family of marine bivalve molluscs in the unassigned Euheterodonta.
Taxonomy
Originally, razor shells were all classified as Solenidae. Then, the genera were grouped into two sub-families, the Cult ...
. It is common in
Japan in sandy coastal zones of the western, southern and northeastern coasts, and also in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
,
China and
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. It lives on the sandy
littoral zone
The littoral zone or nearshore is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely inundated), to coastal a ...
, preferring the depth of about 20–50 cm.
See also
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ensis directus
The Atlantic jackknife clam, ''Ensis leei'', also known as the bamboo clam, American jackknife clam or razor clam, is a large edible marine bivalve mollusc found on the North American Atlantic coast, from Canada to South Carolina. The species ...
(Atlantic jackknife clam)
Solenidae
Bivalves described in 1861
Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean
Fauna of China
Invertebrates of Korea
Molluscs of Japan
Marine molluscs of Asia
Bivalves of Asia
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