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

Ensis Schumacher, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Ensatella Swainson, 1840 synonym

Children

Ensis directus (Conrad, 1843)
Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817
Ensis megistus Pilsbry & McGinty, 1943
Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843)
Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: razor shell

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

redescription

Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Ensis 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:138333

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Occurrence

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2013-01-19 by Philippe Bouchet

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