Ensis Schumacher, 1817 
AphiaID: 138333

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > [unassigned] Euheterodonta > Solenoidea > Pharidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817 (type by monotypy)
Parent		Pharidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
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: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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] 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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English razor shell  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Ensis directus (Conrad, 1843) Species Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817 Species Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843) Species Ensis arcuatus (Jeffreys, 1865) accepted as Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817
Environment		marine
Distribution		Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Goote Bank [details] Westerschelde [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		BIOTIC To GenBank To ITIS
Image		[image from typetaxon] Ensis magnus added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138333
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge 2013-01-19 07:19:08Z   changed   Bouchet, Philippe
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		Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Ensis Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138333 on 2013-05-25
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