Razor clam is a common name for long, narrow, saltwater clams (which resemble a closed

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in shape), including: * Atlantic jackknife clam, ''Ensis leei'' (syn. ''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 magnus'' (syn ''Ensis arcuatus'') * Rosy razor clam, ''Solecurtus strigilatus'' *'' Siliqua alta'', the northern or Arctic razor clam *'' Siliqua costata'', Atlantic razor clam *'' Solen marginatus,'' the grooved razor shell *''

Sinonovacula constricta ''Sinonovacula constricta'', the constricted tagelus, Chinese razor clam or Agemaki clam, is a commercially important species of bivalve native to the estuaries and mudflats of China and Japan. It is extensively aquafarmed in China and other cou ...

'', the Chinese razor clam

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