Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Adapedonta > Superfamily Solenoidea > Family Pharidae > Subfamily Cultellinae > Genus Ensis

Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ensis*	Schumacher, 1817	accepted genus name
*Ensatella*	Swainson, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Ensis arcuatus*	(Jeffreys, 1865)	synonym
*Ensis arcuatus var. ensoides*	Van Urk, 1964	synonym
*Ensis arcuatus var. norvegica*	Van Urk, 1964	synonym
*Solen siliqua var. arcuata*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: grote zwaardschede

Literature

original description	Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
basis of record	Cosel R. von, 2009. The razor shells of the eastern Atlantic, part 2. Pharidae II: the genus Ensis Schumacher, 1817 (Bivalvia, Solenoidea). Basteria, 73: 9-56
additional source	Vierna, J.; Cuperus, J.; Martínez-Lage, A.; Jansen, J. M.; Perina, A.; Van Pelt, H.; González-Tizón, A. M. (2014 ["2013"]). Species delimitation and DNA barcoding of Atlantic Ensis (Bivalvia, Pharidae). Zoologica Scripta. 43(2): 161-171.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160539

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Environment

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Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2009-09-05 by Rudo von Cosel

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