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Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

  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 ensis (Species)
accepted
Species
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)

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  1. Variety Ensis ensis var. minor Sacco, 1901 † (uncertain > unassessed, junior homonym of Ensis siliqua var. minor Chenu, 1843)
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(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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 672 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140733 on 2026-03-23
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2009-09-05 11:22:23Z
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von Cosel, Rudo

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

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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 672 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

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 <i>Ensis</i> Schumacher, 1817 (Bivalvia, Solenoidea). <i>Basteria</i>, 73: 9-56 , available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=597354 [details] 
 
 Present  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]
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LanguageName 
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 shellcommon razor shell  [details]
French couteau-siliquecouteau-sabrecouteau  [details]
Galician navalla  [details]
German schwertförmige Scheidenmuschel  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Στραβοσωλήνας  [details]
Spanish muergo  [details]
Swedish knivmussla  [details]
BIOTIC 
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (501 publications) (from synonym Solen ensis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ensis ensis) 
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 25 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Lesvos, Kolpos Kallonis , at 2 ... 
To Malacopics (Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Morocco, Sous-Massa-Draa, Agadir, beached, collected 1... 
To Malacopics (Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758) North Sea, Black Bank, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To Malacopics (Ensis ensis (Linnaeus,1758) HOLOTYPE Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Katwijk) 
To Malacopics (Ensis ensis (Linnaeus,1758) PARATYPE Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Scheveningen) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Solen ensis Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Ensatella europaea Swainson, 1840)
To PESI (from synonym Ensis phaxoides Van Urk, 1964)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Solen ensis Linnaeus, 1758)
To ITIS
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