Razor Clam

Couteau de mer

Ensis directus

• Description

  This strange clam is shaped like a slightly bent razor. Its fragile shell is olive brown with white parts. The shell can grow up to 20 cm.

• Habitat

  Bays and Estuaries, Beaches & Sand Dunes, Coastal Zone, Mudflats, Salt Marshes, Sandflats

• Interesting Fact

  Using its big muscular foot this clam can burry itself very quickly into the sand to depth up to 50 cm!