Ensis Schumacher 1817 (clam)

Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae

Parent taxon: Pharidae according to S. Schneider et al. 2005

See also Glenn 1904, Moore 2003, Mukerjee 1939, Nielson and Valdovinos 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wienrich 1999

Sister taxa: Cultellinae, Cultellus, Novaculininae, Pharinae, Rzehakiinae, Siliqua, Siliquinae

Subtaxa: Ensis directus Ensis ensiformis Ensis macha Ensis minor Ensis myrae Ensis nitidus Ensis schmidti Ensis tropicalis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Belgium (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), Chile (2), France (1), Ireland (1), Peru (4), Portugal (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (65: California, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Belgium (7), Chile (4), Costa Rica (2), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), Peru (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (16: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Belgium (6), Bulgaria (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (6), India (3), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Panama (1), United States (21: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia)

• Oligocene of Denmark (1)

• Eocene of Peru (1), United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 162 collections including 167 occurrences

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