Small Short Razor
Azorinus abbreviatus
- Usual depth42–128 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 42–128 m · Deepest record: 128 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Small Short Razor
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- ズングリアゲマキ
- Korean
- 꼬마가리맛조개
- Simplified Chinese
- 簡略截蟶
Other scientific names: Azor solidus, Azorinus coarctatus, Azorinus minutus, Novaculina andamanensis, Solecurtus abbreviatus, Solecurtus solidus, Solen coarctatus
Similar species
Antique Razor ClamAzorinus chamasolen
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 96 open-data records from 1791 to 2012.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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