WoRMS taxon details
Ensiculus H. Adams, 1861
413605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413605)
accepted
Genus
Solen cultellus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Cultellus (Ensiculus) H. Adams, 1861 · unaccepted
Phaxas (Ensiculus) H. Adams, 1861 · unaccepted
- Species Ensiculus aspersus (Clessin, 1888)
- Species Ensiculus australis (Dunker, 1862) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Cultellus australis Gabb, 1861)
- Species Ensiculus concinnus (Dunker, 1862)
- Species Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Ensiculus cumingianus (Dunker, 1862)
- Species Ensiculus marmoratus (Dunker, 1862)
- Species Ensiculus maculatus (Preston, 1905) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
- Species Ensiculus philippianus (Dunker, 1877) accepted as Ensiculus cultellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
masculine
Adams, H. (1861). On two new genera of acephalous molluscs. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1860) 28: 369., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866937 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ensiculus H. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413605 on 2026-06-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Adams, H. (1861). On two new genera of acephalous molluscs. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1860) 28: 369., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866937 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
