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Ensio

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Ensio was named by Cox (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: J]. It is not extant. Its type is Ptychomya agassizii.

It was reranked as Gonilia (Ensio) by Cox et al. (1969) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Astartidae by Cox (1961); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gonilia by Cox et al. (1969) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Ensio Cox
1969Gonilia (Ensio) Cox et al. p. N566
2002Ensio Sepkoski
2014Gonilia (Ensio) Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
genusEnsio

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. †Ensio Cox 1961
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Ensio agassizii Lycett 1850
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Invalid names: Astarte divaricata Etheridge 1875 [synonym]
Ensio eastonii Vogel 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:45:55
Modified: 2024-02-05 22:32:59
Source: superf = superfamily
Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Bajocian or 170.30000 to 168.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3United Kingdom (England) Ptychomya agassizii (77245)