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Ensis arcuatus (Jeffreys, 1865) 
AphiaID: 140731

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > [unassigned] Euheterodonta (Order) > Solenoidea (Superfamily) > Pharidae (Family) > Ensis (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817
Rank Species
Parent Ensis Schumacher, 1817
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Natural History Archive [Natuurhistorisch Archief]. De Strandvlo 11(4): 101-108 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 103 [details]


additional source: 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. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

source of synonymy: 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  [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish buet knivmusling  [details]
Dutch grote zwaardschede  [details]
English sword razor  [details]
French couteau  [details]
French couteau arqué  [details]
German schwertförmige Scheidenmuschel  [details]
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taxa

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Variety Ensis arcuatus var. directus accepted as Ensis directus (Conrad, 1843)
Variety Ensis arcuatus var. ensoides Van Urk, 1964 accepted as Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817
Variety Ensis arcuatus var. norvegica Van Urk, 1964 accepted as Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Bray-Dunes [details]
British Isles [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Koksijde [details]
Nieuwpoortbank [details]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Westkust [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To GenBank (202 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140731
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2010-09-02 16:49:56Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Ensis arcuatus (Jeffreys, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140731 on 2013-05-26
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