WoRMS taxon details
Ensis macha (Molina, 1782)
413610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413610)
accepted
Species
Ensis luzonicus Dunker, 1862 · unaccepted (Synonym, juvenile specimen of...)
Synonym, juvenile specimen of Ensis macha
Solen gladiolus G. B. Sowerby I, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)
Solen macha Molina, 1782 · unaccepted (original combination)
Solen poirieri Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
Solen scalprum P. P. King, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Solen macha Molina, 1782) Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. <em>Bologna.</em> i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623
page(s): 203 [details]
page(s): 203 [details]
Type locality contained in Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Isla Chiloe, Chile
type locality contained in Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Isla Chiloe, Chile [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ensis macha (Molina, 1782). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413610 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ensis luzonicus Dunker, 1862) Dunker, W. (1862). Solenacea nova collectionis Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861 (3): 418-427. [published April 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672974
page(s): 421 [details]
original description (of Solen gladiolus G. B. Sowerby I, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): 153, pl. 43, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Solen poirieri Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889) Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1889). Mollusques. <i>in</i>: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). <em>Paris, Gauthiers-Villars.</em> H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105001
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Solen scalprum P. P. King, 1832) King, P. P. (1832). Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5(125): 332-349., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657695
page(s): 335 [details]
original description (of Solen macha Molina, 1782) Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. <em>Bologna.</em> i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623
page(s): 203 [details]
page(s): 421 [details]
original description (of Solen gladiolus G. B. Sowerby I, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): 153, pl. 43, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Solen poirieri Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889) Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1889). Mollusques. <i>in</i>: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). <em>Paris, Gauthiers-Villars.</em> H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105001
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Solen scalprum P. P. King, 1832) King, P. P. (1832). Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5(125): 332-349., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657695
page(s): 335 [details]
original description (of Solen macha Molina, 1782) Molina, J. I. (1782). Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. <em>Bologna.</em> i-v + 1-306 + errata + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141623
page(s): 203 [details]
Other
additional source
Nielsen, S. N. & Valdovinos, C. (2008) Early Pleistocene mollusks of the Tubul Formation, south-central Chile. The Nautilus, 201-216. NIZT 682
page(s): 206, fig. 11; note: Pleistocene fossils [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
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page(s): 206, fig. 11; note: Pleistocene fossils [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






Unreviewed
Diagnosis Molina, 1782 (as Solen macha). Saggio Storia Naturale Chile: 203; 348; Hist. Chile, 1 (Madrid, 1788): 222. [details]Type locality Isla Chiloe, Chile [details]
To Barcode of Life (91 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Solen scalprum P. P. King, 1832)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ensis macha)
To GenBank (183 nucleotides; 102 proteins)
To Malacopics (Ensis macha (Molina,1782) Chile, The Lakes, Chiloé, Ancud)
To Malacopics (Ensis macha (Molina,1782) Chile, The Lakes, Chiloé, Ancud)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-31622) (from synonym Solen poirieri Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Solen scalprum Holotype USNM 5889) (from synonym Solen scalprum P. P. King, 1832)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Solen scalprum P. P. King, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Solen scalprum P. P. King, 1832)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ensis macha)
To GenBank (183 nucleotides; 102 proteins)
To Malacopics (Ensis macha (Molina,1782) Chile, The Lakes, Chiloé, Ancud)
To Malacopics (Ensis macha (Molina,1782) Chile, The Lakes, Chiloé, Ancud)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-31622) (from synonym Solen poirieri Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Solen scalprum Holotype USNM 5889) (from synonym Solen scalprum P. P. King, 1832)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Solen scalprum P. P. King, 1832)