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Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817 
AphiaID: 160539

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
Typetaxon of  Ensis Schumacher, 1817
Parent Ensis Schumacher, 1817
Synonymised
taxa
  Ensis arcuatus (Jeffreys, 1865)
Ensis arcuatus var. ensoides Van Urk, 1964 (synonym)
Ensis arcuatus var. norvegica Van Urk, 1964 (synonym)
Sources  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]:  [details]

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  [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

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


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

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish buet knivmusling (from synonym)  [details]
Dutch grote zwaardschede  [details]
English sword razor (from synonym)  [details]
French couteau (from synonym)  [details]
French couteau arqué (from synonym)  [details]
German schwertförmige Scheidenmuschel (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Bray-Dunes (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
British Isles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Koksijde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Nieuwpoortbank (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oostduinkerke (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Westkust (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diagnosis: Schumacher, 1817. Essai Syst. hab. vers: 143, pl. 14, fig. 1 a,b.  [details]

Distribution: restricted to Faroe, according to Van Urk (1964: 29). [details]

Type locality: "Norwegen, Ferröische Eylanden" (Chemnitz, 1782: 46) [details]
Image 
Ensis magnus
Ensis magnus
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160539
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-06-02 07:30:43Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-09-05 11:22:23Z  changed  von Cosel, Rudo
  
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  Citation: von Cosel, R. (2013). Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160539 on 2013-05-19
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