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Ensis ensis (Pod razor; Pod razor shell)

Synonyms: Ensatella europaea; Ensis ensis f. phaxoides; Ensis phaxoides; Ensis sicula; Solen ensis
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

Ensis ensis, or the sword razor, is a razor clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pharidae. It lives buried in the sand and is found off the coasts of northwest Europe.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Borkum-Riffgrund 154559 Germany      
Doggerbank 419820 Germany      
SPA Östliche Deutsche Bucht 774707 Germany      
Stora Middelgrund och Röde bank 28195 Sweden  
Sylter Außenriff 1313190 Germany      

Predators

Limanda limanda (Sand dab)[1]
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Smokie)[1]
Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice)[1]
Solea solea (True sole)[1]
Xyrichtys novacula (Pearly razorfish)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE FEEDING HABITS OF CLEAVER WRASSE, XYRICHTHYS NOVACULA (PISCES: LABRIDAE) IN THE STRAIT OF SICILY (MEDITERRANEAN SEA)., A. M. Beltrano, L. Cannizzaro, S. Vitale, A. Milazzo, Electronic Journal of Ichthyology, October, 2006 2: 50-54
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0