Razor-Shell, Razor Clam

Solen marginatus Montagu

Appears in

Mediterranean Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1981

About

Family Solenidae

* Meaning something hinged – the plural is used of the bivalves generally.

REMARKS The razor-shells are completely distinctive in appearance. This species attains a length of 13 cm (i.e. the shell only – the head may protrude from one end and the ‘feet’ from the other).

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