Razor clam, a word pronounced chēng, is an animal of the genus razor clam in the family Bamboo Razoridae.

Razor clam (chēng) razor clam is a marine shellfish. Mollusks. Between the two shells, the shape of the narrow and long, outside the egg yellow, inside the white, living in the seawater near the shore, can also be artificially cultivated, meat flavor. There are razor clams, bamboo razor clams and other species.

Chēng, pronounced like "摊" in Minnan language and "青" in Ou language. Razor clams are commonly found in the mud and sand of the intertidal zone (especially in the temperate zone). The shells are long and narrow, razor-sharp, and up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) long.

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Razor clams are suitable for growing near estuaries and in soft muddy mud flats in inland bays where the salinity of the sea is low. Razor clam farming should choose the harbor or flat mudflat where the wind and waves are calm and the tide is smooth, and there is often fresh water injection, and the substrate is mud or mud with a little sand is preferred.

Sowed in the spring before and after the Qingming sowing, generally artificial culture in about 8 months can be started, (at this time the average per kilogram in about 80). If it is naturally cultivated, it will take almost 9 to 10 months and about 100 per kilogram. Razor clams are also divided into one-year razor clams, two-year razor clams, and three-year razor clams according to the length of time they are farmed.

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