WoRMS taxon details
Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843)
AphiaID: 140734
AphiaID: 140734
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > [unassigned] Euheterodonta (Order) > Solenoidea (Superfamily) > Pharidae (Family) > Ensis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ensis Schumacher, 1817 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ensis siliqua var. minor Chenu, 1843 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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]: [details] 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: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (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: 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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: 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 |
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Oostende [details] Tunis Gulf [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: New Jersey to Florida to Texas [details] Taxonomy: Some authors mention two subspecies: Ensis minor minor and Ensis minor subarcuatus Van Urk, 1964 (see Van Urk, 1964a, b; Janssen, 1975). Both species appear to be sympatric pointing towards to ecotype concept, such as Janson & Ward (1985) mentioned in his discussion on the status of Littorina tenebrosa . [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Image |
| |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140734 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
| |||||||||||||||||||
[Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140734 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License |
