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Ensiculus

Bivalvia - Adapedonta - Pharidae

Taxonomy
Ensiculus was named by Adams (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cultellus (Ensiculus) by Harris (1919).

It was assigned to Cultellus by Harris (1919); to Cultellidae by Vokes (1980); to Pharidae by Lamprell and Healy (1998); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
E. conradi, E. cultellus
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Kosnik on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Ensiculus Adams
1919Cultellus (Ensiculus) Harris p. 195
1980Ensiculus Vokes p. 141
1998Ensiculus Lamprell and Healy p. 180
2002Ensiculus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderAdapedontaCossmann and Peyrot 1909
superfamilySolenoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyPharidaeAdams and A 1858
subfamilyCultellinae(Davies 1935)
genusEnsiculusAdams 1860

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ensiculus Adams 1860
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†Ensiculus conradi Cossmann 1894
†Ensiculus cultellus Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:22:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:22:21
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Cultellus conradi (90600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Phaxa cultellus (63355)