NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Pharidae
  Superfamily - Solenoidea
  Order - Veneroida
  Subclass - Heterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ensis directus
      Species - Ensis minor
      Species - Ensis ensis
      Species - Ensis arcuatus
      Species - Ensis siliqua
      Species - Ensis myrae
      Species - Ensis californicus
      Species - Ensis americanus
      Species - Ensis magnus