Razor shells, so named because of their resemblance to the old fashioned cut-throat razor. The shells are characteristically elongated. They burrow in sand leaving a characteristic key-hole shaped depression. Some species can burrow to a depth of half a metre. They feed by filtering plankton from the water.
Ensis americanus | Ensis arcuatus | Ensis ensis | Ensis minor |
Ensis siliqua | Pharus legumen | Phaxas pellucidus | Solen marginatus |