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Ensis myrae S. S. Berry, 1953
413550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413550)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Berry, S. S. (1953). West American razor-clams of the genus Ensis. <em>Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 11: 393-404. [details]
Note San Pedro Bay, California., Los Angeles...
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ensis myrae S. S. Berry, 1953. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413550 on 2025-09-11
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Berry, S. S. (1953). West American razor-clams of the genus Ensis. <em>Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 11: 393-404. [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 46, pls. S104a-f [details] Available for editors
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redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 46, pls. S104a-f [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986). [details]Type locality San Pedro Bay, California. [details]
Type locality Los Angeles County, mainly cast up by storms in the vicinity of Terminal Island [details]
Unreviewed
Diagnosis Berry, 1954. Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., 11 (15): 396 ff., fig. 1, 3, 4; pl. 29, fig. 5-6. [details]Holotype Stanford Univ. Paleo. Type Colln. N° 7582. [details]
