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Woke up this morning to Sam's empty shell. There was no sign of Sam anywhere. He must be in hiding under the sand.
He did materialise the next day, in a different shell.
Close up of a Razor Shell (Ensis siliqua) Linnaeus, 1758
We have loads of Razor Shells on Rhyl Beach, and the winter storms wash the empty shells up in their millions. They're usually bleached white and rubbed smooth, but this fresh one still had it's beautiful pale olive coating - despite which, I decided to do the images in Black & White!
The Razor shell is very confusingly named, and to be honest, you're best rearching by latin name, as every country seems to have it's own interpretation of what a Razor Shell is!
Anglers call them "Razorfish" just to confuse everybody, when they are of course Bivalves/Molluscs.
Other common names in use include Pod Razor, Razor and Razor Clam
Further info:
naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/britishbivalves/browsere...
en) Empty giant clam shell in the museum of the Paleokastritsa Monastery.
fr) Coquille fossilisée de tridacne géant dans le musée du monastère de Paleokastritsa.
pl) Muszla przydaczni olbrzymiej w muzeum klasztoru w Paleokastritsa.
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