Pod razor

Pod razor


thumb|right|100px|Pod razor (Ensis siliqua V)Taxobox
name = "Ensis"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Veneroida
familia = Solenidae
genus = "Ensis"
genus_authority = (Linnaeus 1758)
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Ensis siliqua

The pod razor, "Ensis siliqua", is a coastal bivalve of European waters. It is edible and has been exploited commercially, especially in Spain and Ireland. [http://www.ria.ie/cgi-bin/ria/papers/100669.pdf]

There is at least one subspecies: "E.s. minor". [http://www.manandmollusc.net/molluscan_food_files/molluscan_food_7.html]

ee also

*Razor shell, a close relative


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