MolluscaBase - Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

NSBP taxon details

Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

140735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140735)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ensis Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Solen siliqua Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) 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

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Rees, H.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; de Kluijver, M.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Kilbride, R.; Kröncke, I.; Nehmer, P.; Rachor, E.; Reiss, H.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Van Hoey, G. (Eds.) (2021) North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP) at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbp/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140735 on 2025-07-13

Thematic species database citation

Rees, H.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; de Kluijver, M.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Kilbride, R.; Kröncke, I.; Nehmer, P.; Rachor, E.; Reiss, H.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Van Hoey, G. (Eds.) (2025). North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP). Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbp/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140735 on 2025-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-09-05 11:22:23Z

changed

von Cosel, Rudo

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) 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

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]

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

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]