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

Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843)

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 minor var. subarcuata*	van Urk, 1964	synonym
*Ensis siculus*	van Urk, 1964	synonym
*Ensis siliqua var. minor*	Chenu, 1843	synonym
*Solen siliqua minor*	Chenu, 1843	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: midhja biçak sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Dutch: klein mesheft; klein tafelmesheft; kleine tafelmesheft sources: Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. De Strandvlo 4(1): 4-17;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

English: minor jackknife clam sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Greek: Σπαθοσωλήνας

Literature

original description	Chenu J. C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. Fortin, Masson, Langlois & Leclercq, Paris [Opera pubblicata in 4 volumi contenenti complessivamente 85 parti. La parte sulle Panopaea di Valenciennes]:
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	Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]
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

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843). 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:140734