MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843)

WoRMS taxon details

Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843)

AphiaID

140734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140734)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ensis Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Ensis siliqua var. minor Chenu, 1843

Synonymised names

Ensis minor var. subarcuata van Urk, 1964 · unaccepted (synonym)

Ensis siculus van Urk, 1964 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)

Ensis siliqua var. minor Chenu, 1843 · unaccepted

Solen siliqua var. minor Chenu, 1843 · unaccepted

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Variety Ensis minor var. subarcuata van Urk, 1964 accepted as Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ensis siliqua var. minor Chenu, 1843) Chenu, J. C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. Paris. Paris. 85 parts in 4 volumes.
page(s): Solen, pl. 3 fig. 3, 3a. [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution New Jersey to Florida to Texas

Distribution New Jersey to Florida to Texas [details]

Taxonomy Some authors mention two subspecies: Ensis minor minor and Ensis minor subarcuatus Van Urk, 1964 (see Van Urk, 1964a, b;...

Taxonomy Some authors mention two subspecies: Ensis minor minor and Ensis minor subarcuatus Van Urk, 1964 (see Van Urk, 1964a, b; Janssen, 1975). Both species appear to be sympatric pointing towards to ecotype concept, such as Janson & Ward (1985) mentioned in his discussion on the status of Littorina tenebrosa . [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140734 on 2025-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2020-03-27 15:25:42Z

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Gofas, Serge

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ensis siliqua var. minor Chenu, 1843) Chenu, J. C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. Paris. Paris. 85 parts in 4 volumes.
page(s): Solen, pl. 3 fig. 3, 3a. [details]

original description (of Ensis siculus 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 siliqua var. minor Chenu, 1843) Chenu, J. C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. Paris. Paris. 85 parts in 4 volumes. [details]

original description (of Ensis minor var. subarcuata 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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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]

Other

additional source Vierna, J.; Cuperus, J.; Martínez-Lage, A.; Jansen, J. M.; Perina, A.; Van Pelt, H.; González-Tizón, A. M. (2014 ["2013"]). Species delimitation and DNA barcoding of Atlantic Ensis (Bivalvia, Pharidae). Zoologica Scripta. 43(2): 161-171., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12038/abstract [details] Available for editors

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