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Ensis
Ensis is a genus of medium-sized edible saltwater clams, littoral bivalve molluscs in the family Pharidae. Ensis or razor clams are known in much of Scotland as spoots, for the spouts of water they eject while burrowing into the sand, when visible at low tide. This term may also colloquially include members of the genus Solen. Ensis magnus are known as bendies due to their slightly curved shell.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Atlantic Jackknife
speciesEnsis leei
Pod Razor
speciesEnsis siliqua
Minor Jackknife Clam
speciesEnsis minor
Minor Jacknife
speciesEnsis megistus
Common Razor Shell
speciesEnsis ensis
Arched Razor Shell
speciesEnsis magnus
Giant Jacknife
speciesEnsis macha
Ensis loboi
speciesEnsis loboi
California Jacknife
speciesEnsis myrae
Newfoundland Razor Clam
speciesEnsis terranovensis
Ensis tropicalis
speciesEnsis tropicalis
Goree Razor Clam
speciesEnsis goreensis
Ensis nitidus
speciesEnsis nitidus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
A voyage to the islands Madera Barbados Jamaica Vol. 1
Hans Sloane · 1707 · p.577
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.89
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 96)
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.62
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 96)
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.48
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Herbs
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.52
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Trees
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.52
![Ensis in 農業全書 11巻. [7]](https://images.sourcelibrary.org/gallery/69e787c84a6785cfd60cd6ac/69e787c84a6785cfd60cd6af-0.jpg?v=1780588883303)
農業全書 11巻. [7]
Miyazaki Yasusada · 1697 · p.3
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 5)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.92
Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Realities of Plants, Volume 7
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.63
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 14)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.91
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.321
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.389
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 116493.