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Ensis tropicalis Hertlein & Strong, 1955 
AphiaID: 413543

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
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Rank Species
Parent Ensis Schumacher, 1817
Source  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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Diagnosis: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 107 (2): 203, pl. fig. 34-35.  [details]

Holotype: AMNH N° 73421 (a left valve) [details]

Type locality: South Passage, Islas Las Perlas, Panama, 15 fms.  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413543
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2009-09-02 14:06:44Z  created  von Cosel, Rudo
  
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  Citation: von Cosel, R. (2013). Ensis tropicalis Hertlein & Strong, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413543 on 2013-05-22
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