MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

To MNHN Fossil collection (Ensis ensis (LINNAEUS, 1758); Figuré; F.J07800)

AphiaID

140733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140733)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ensis Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Solen ensis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Ensatella europaea Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ensis phaxoides Van Urk, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ensis sicula Van Urk, 1964 · unaccepted (synonym)

Solen ensis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Solen ensis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 672 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Van Urk (1964a,b) has investigated this complex, but further research is necessary.

Taxonomy Van Urk (1964a,b) has investigated this complex, but further research is necessary. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140733 on 2024-11-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-09-05 11:22:23Z

changed

von Cosel, Rudo

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Ensis phaxoides Van Urk, 1964) van Urk R.M. (1964). The genus Ensis in Europe. Basteria 28: 13-44, available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/596459 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Solen ensis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 672 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Ensis sicula Van Urk, 1964) van Urk R.M. (1964). The genus Ensis in Europe. Basteria 28: 13-44, available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/596459 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Ensatella europaea Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 365 [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 , available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=597354 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Diagnosis Solen ensis Linné, 1758. Syst. Nat. ed. 10: 672. [details]

Taxonomy Van Urk (1964a,b) has investigated this complex, but further research is necessary. [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	midhja shpatë	[details]
Catalan	navalla recta	[details]
Danish	sværdskedemusling	[details]
Dutch	slanke kleine zwaardschedekleine zwaardschedeglanzende zwaardschede [from synonym]brede kleine zwaardschede [from synonym]	[details]
English	sword razor shellsword razorpod razor shellnarrow jackknife clamcommon razor shellcommon razor clam	[details]
French	couteau-siliquecouteau-sabrecouteau	[details]
Galician	navalla	[details]
German	Schwertmuschelschwertförmige ScheidenmuschelSchwertförmige MesserscheideGemeine Schwertmuschel	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Στραβοσωλήνας	[details]
Spanish	muergo	[details]
Swedish	knivmussla	[details]