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The largest is Solen Americanus Gould, the common 
American Razor Shell. The beaks are quite at the end of 
of the shell, which is gently 
curved and from four to five 
}, inches long. Itis very smooth, 
y ) of an olive-brown color, some- 
= what stained with pink at the 
Bese. Sieh costata:. beaks and along a widening 
band which extends forward from the beaks. 
Very much like the American Razor 
Shell is the Green Razor Shell, Solen 
viridis Say; but this is much smaller 
than the other, rarely more than two 
inches long, and of a delicate green tint. 
The band extending from the beaks for. 
ward is not sharply defined as it is in the 
Solen Americanus. It is not frequently 
found. 
Closely related to the Solens are the 
Ribbed Razors, Siliqua costata Say. 
The shell is oblong, rounded at both ends, 
en iti decals, the beaks at about au third of the length. 
ae. Inside there is a strong white rib crossing 
from the beaks to the lower margin. The common length is 
from one to one and three-fourths inches. 
