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WoRMS name details

Ensis americanus (A. Gould, 1870)

152356  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152356)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Adapedonta (Order)
  10. Solenoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Pharidae (Family)
  12. Cultellinae (Subfamily)
  13. Ensis (Genus)
  14. Ensis americanus (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Solen ensis var. americanus A. Gould, 1870) Gould, A. A. (1870). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts. Second edition, comprising the Mollusca. Edited by W.G. Binney. Wright and Potter, Boston, v + 524 pp., pls. 16–27. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10897088
page(s): 42 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ensis americanus (A. Gould, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152356 on 2025-04-14
Date
action
by
2005-04-11 07:51:31Z
created
Claus, Simon
2017-01-10 16:55:41Z
checked
Gofas, Serge
2022-03-29 17:01:06Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description (of Solen ensis var. americanus A. Gould, 1870) Gould, A. A. (1870). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts. Second edition, comprising the Mollusca. Edited by W.G. Binney. Wright and Potter, Boston, v + 524 pp., pls. 16–27. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10897088
page(s): 42 [details] 

basis of record de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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] 

Other

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
Polygons
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species population trend in North Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Increasing [details]

Introduced species population trend in Baltic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Increasing [details]

Introduced species population trend in Celtic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Increasing [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in North Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Perhaps introduced to Europe as larvae in tanker ballast water; its spread within European waters has been natural larval dispersal. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Baltic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Perhaps introduced to Europe as larvae in tanker ballast water; its spread within European waters has been natural larval dispersal. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Celtic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Perhaps introduced to Europe as larvae in tanker ballast water; its spread within European waters has been natural larval dispersal. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Celtic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Perhaps introduced to Europe as larvae in tanker ballast water; its spread within European waters has been natural larval dispersal. [details]

Unreviewed
Synonymy According to some authors (e.g. van Urk, 1987), E. americanus (Gould, 1870) is a valid species, distinct from E. directus (Conrad, 1843). [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Dutch Amerikaanse zwaardschede  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål amerikaknivskjell  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk amerikaknivskjel  [details]
Natuurinformatie 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) 
To GenBank (689 nucleotides; 239 proteins) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
alikruikje met zeepokken levend op amerikaanse zwaardschede
alikruikje met zeepokken levend op amerikaanse zwaardschede
amerikaanse zwaardschede
amerikaanse zwaardschede
amerikaanse zwaardschede
amerikaanse zwaardschede
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