Jackknife clam

Jackknife clam

Taxobox
name = Jackknife clam


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Veneroida
familia = Solenidae
genus = "Ensis"
species = "E. minor"
binomial = "Ensis minor"
binomial_authority = Dall, 1900

The jackknife clam, "Ensis minor", is a long, smooth-shelled, burrowing clam found on Atlantic and Pacific beaches. They are often collected for food.


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