MolluscaBase taxon details
Ensis Schumacher, 1817
138333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138333)
accepted
Genus
Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817 (type by monotypy)
Ensatella Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
- Species Ensis californicus Dall, 1899
- Species Ensis directus (Conrad, 1844) †
- Species Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Ensis goreensis (Clessin, 1888)
- Species Ensis leei M. Huber, 2015
- Species Ensis loboi Signorelli, Trovant & Márquez, 2022
- Species Ensis macha (Molina, 1782)
- Species Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817
- Species Ensis megistus Pilsbry & T. L. McGinty, 1943
- Species Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843)
- Species Ensis myrae S. S. Berry, 1953
- Species Ensis nitidus (Clessin, 1888)
- Species Ensis rollei M. Hörnes, 1859 †
- Species Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Ensis terranovensis Vierna & Martínez-Lage, 2012
- Species Ensis tropicalis Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1955
- Subgenus Ensis (Occidentis) Dansey, 2021 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no diagnosis; no type species designation)
- Subgenus Ensis (Orientem) Dansey, 2021 (unavailable name (no diagnosis; no type species designation))
- Species Ensis americanus (A. Gould, 1870) accepted as Ensis leei M. Huber, 2015 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ensis arcuatus (Jeffreys, 1865) accepted as Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817
- Species Ensis coseli Vierna, 2014 accepted as Ensis megistus coseli Vierna, 2014 (original rank)
- Species Ensis directus (Conrad, 1844) sensu Abbott, 1954 accepted as Ensis leei M. Huber, 2015
- Species Ensis luzonicus Dunker, 1862 accepted as Ensis macha (Molina, 1782) (Synonym, juvenile specimen of Ensis macha)
- Species Ensis minor Dall, 1899 accepted as Ensis coseli Vierna, 2014 accepted as Ensis megistus coseli Vierna, 2014 (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843); E. coseli is a replacement name)
- Species Ensis phaxoides Van Urk, 1964 accepted as Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ensis sicula Van Urk, 1964 accepted as Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Ensis siculus van Urk, 1964 accepted as Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843) (dubious synonym)
- Species Ensis complanatus J. De C. Sowerby, 1844 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 143 [details]
page(s): 143 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ensis Schumacher, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138333 on 2024-11-22
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original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 143 [details]
original description (of Ensatella Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 365 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Cosel R. von, 2009. The razor shells of the eastern Atlantic, part 2. Pharidae II: the genus <i>Ensis</i> Schumacher, 1817 (Bivalvia, Solenoidea). <i>Basteria</i>, 73: 9-56 , available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=597354 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 107 [details]
additional source Holme, N. A. (1951). The identification of British species of the genus <i>Ensis</i> Schumacher (Lamellibranchiata). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 29(3): 639-647., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1432/1/The_identification_of_British_species_of_the_genus_Ensis_Schumacher.pdf [details]
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. [details]
page(s): 143 [details]
original description (of Ensatella Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 365 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Cosel R. von, 2009. The razor shells of the eastern Atlantic, part 2. Pharidae II: the genus <i>Ensis</i> Schumacher, 1817 (Bivalvia, Solenoidea). <i>Basteria</i>, 73: 9-56 , available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=597354 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 107 [details]
additional source Holme, N. A. (1951). The identification of British species of the genus <i>Ensis</i> Schumacher (Lamellibranchiata). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 29(3): 639-647., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1432/1/The_identification_of_British_species_of_the_genus_Ensis_Schumacher.pdf [details]
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. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Classification in family Solenidae [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | razor shell | [details] |
