It occurs in coastal regions of the north east Atlantic Ocean where it lives buried in the sand.

It was later determined that there were sufficient differences between it and other Mya species for the otter shell to be placed in its own genus.

They are streaked with brown and purple and are housed in a transparent, gelatinous sheath composed of protein and chitin.

[3] Trawling may damage or remove the tips of the siphons and bottom feeding fish may nip them off but the animal can regenerate the inner layers over the course of a few days.

[7] Hydraulic blade dredge fishing takes place for razor clams, Ensis spp., in Scotland and the process was studied to examine its impact.

Dredging damages a considerable portion of the benthic megafauna including L. lutraria, however this species tends to live at greater depths than is reached by the process.

Unlike razor clams, they normally spend their lives in one spot and the foot is relatively small and mainly used for anchorage rather than digging.