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

Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

*Ensatella europaea*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Ensis phaxoides*	Van Urk, 1964	synonym
*Solen ensis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: midhja shpatë 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.

Catalan: navalla recta sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Danish: sværdskedemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kleine zwaardschede; slanke kleine zwaardschede sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: common razor shell; sword razor shell sources: Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

English-United States: Common Razor Shell sources: Charles Hussey

French: couteau-sabre; couteau-silique sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Galician: navalla

Greek: Στραβοσωλήνας sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: muergo sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Swedish: knivmussla

Literature

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

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (14 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
Barcode of Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications)
GBIF

Citation

von Cosel, R.; Gofas, S. (2014). Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140733