Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order [unassigned] Euheterodonta > Superfamily Solenoidea > Family Pharidae > Genus Ensis

Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

EnsisSchumacher, 1817accepted 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

Literature

original description

Schumacher C.F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen pp. [IV] + 288 + 22 pl. [post 1 marzo 1817]

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) Species delimitation and DNA barcoding of Atlantic Ensis (Bivalvia, Pharidae). Zoologica Scripta 43(2): 161–171. [Published online 3 September 2013; Code-compliant paper version published March 2014]

Genbank

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
GBIF

Citation

von Cosel, R. (2014). Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) 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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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2009-09-05 by Rudo von Cosel

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