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Ensis megistus Pilsbry & McGinty, 1943 
AphiaID: 413653

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 minor Dall, 1899 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian midhja biçak (from synonym)  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Σπαθοσωλήνας (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Diagnosis: Pilsbry & McGinty, 1943. Nautilus, 57 (1): 33-34. [details]

Holotype: ANSP, N° 179277. [details]

Type locality: off Destin, Okaloosa County, W-Florida, 20 fms. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413653
Taxonomic
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2009-09-05 22:26:39Z  created  von Cosel, Rudo
  
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  Citation: von Cosel, R. (2013). Ensis megistus Pilsbry & McGinty, 1943. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413653 on 2013-05-25
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