MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ensatella europaea Swainson, 1840

WoRMS name details

Ensatella europaea Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

413705 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413705)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Ensatella Swainson, 1840

Parent

Ensatella Swainson, 1840 accepted as Ensis Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Ensatella europaea Swainson, 1840

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ensatella europaea Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413705 on 2025-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-09-06 20:15:22Z

created

von Cosel, Rudo

2023-09-08 09:45:32Z

changed

Herbert, David

2024-02-09 09:01:38Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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
page(s): 18 [details]

Unreviewed

Diagnosis Swainson, 1840. Treatise on Malacology: 365. [details]

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