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Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758)

To GB Mollusca Types (Solen novacula Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll3707-3708)
To GB Mollusca Types (Solen novacula Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll3707-3708)

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

accepted
Species
Solen ligulus W. Turton, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Solen novacula Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Solen siliqua Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Solen siliquosa Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)

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(of Solen siliqua Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 672 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140735 on 2026-08-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140735 on 2026-08-02
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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

original description (of Solen ligulus W. Turton, 1822) Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up [details] 

original description (of Solen novacula Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 47–48, not figured [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Solen siliqua Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 672 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Solen siliquosa Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Bailličre. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 372 [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] 

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 <i>Ensis</i> (Bivalvia, Pharidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 43(2): 161-171., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12038/abstract [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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Dutch tafelmesheftgroot tafelmesheft  [details]
English pod razor shell  [details]
French couteau  [details]
German SchotenmuschelScheidenmuschel  [details]
To Barcode of Life (40 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (352 publications) (from synonym Solen siliqua Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ensis siliqua) 
To GB Mollusca Types (Solen novacula Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll3707-3708) (from synonym Solen novacula Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (143 nucleotides; 24 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Voorne-Putten, Oostvoorne... 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Solen ligulus W. Turton, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Solen novacula Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Solen siliqua Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Solen siliquosa Locard, 1886)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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