Siliqua patula Pacific Razor Clam, Northern Razor

Siliqua patula is commonly referred to as Pacific Razor Clam, Northern Razor. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Donna Pomeroy, USA

Pacific Razor-Clam (Siliqua patula), Pillar Point Tide Pools 2014

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lexID:: 10580
AphiaID:: 536684

Scientific:: Siliqua patula
German:: Rasiermesser-Muschel
English:: Pacific Razor Clam, Northern Razor

Category:: Sea Shells

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Adapedonta (Order) > Pharidae (Family) > Siliqua (Genus) > patula (Species)
Initial determination:: (Dixon, ), 1789

Occurrence:: Alaska , Aleutian Islands, Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, USA
Sea depth:: 1 - 55 Meter
Size:: up to 6.69" (17 cm)
Temperature:: 41 °F - 75.2 °F (5°C - 24°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Plankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Siliqua albida
Siliqua alta
Siliqua barnardi
Siliqua costata
Siliqua fasciata
Siliqua grayana
Siliqua herberti
Siliqua japonica
Siliqua lucida
Siliqua minima
Siliqua patula
Rasiermesser-Muschel
Siliqua polita
Siliqua pulchella
Siliqua radiata
Siliqua rostrata
Siliqua squama

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-03-29 07:23:03
Last edit:: 2017-03-29 10:25:26

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Siliqua patula (Dixon, 1789)
Pacific Razor Clam

The long, narrow shell S. patula may attain a length greater than 7 inches. In very young specimens, the periostracum, or outermost tissue-like layer of the shell, is brown. It gradually becomes yellowish-brown in medium-sized animals and changes again to brown with age.
Razor clams feed primarily on one type of plankton.

Classification:
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Imparidentia (Superorder) > Adapedonta (Order) > Solenoidea (Superfamily) > Pharidae (Family) >Siliqua (Genus) > Siliqua patula (Species)

External links

Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Pacific Razor-Clam (Siliqua patula), Pillar Point Tide Pools 2014

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