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Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789)

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-3870)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-3870)

420721  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420721)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Arcida (Order)
  8. Arcoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Arcidae (Family)
  10. Lunarca (Genus)
  11. Lunarca ovalis (Species)
accepted
Species
Arca americana W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arca campechiensis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arca ovalis Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Arca pexata Say, 1821 · unaccepted
Arca semidentata Deshayes, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scapharca (Argina) campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Arca ovalis Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 1(1): 110 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420721 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature

original description (of Arca americana W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 6 [details] 

original description (of Arca campechiensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 

original description (of Arca cayenensis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 45 [details] 

original description (of Lunarca costata J. E. Gray, 1857) Gray, J. E. (1857). A revision of the genera of some of the families of conchifera or bivalve shells. Part III. Arcadae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 19: 366–373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639883
page(s): 372 [details] 

original description (of Arca declivis Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 238 [details] 

original description (of Arca holmesii J. D. Kurtz, 1860) Kurtz, J. D. (1860). Catalogue of Recent marine shells, found on the coasts of North and South Carolina. <em>Author: Portland.</em> 9 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44194910
page(s): 5 [details] 

original description (of Arca ovalis Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 1(1): 110 [details] 

original description (of Arca pariaensis Maury, 1912) Maury, C. J. (1912). A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> series 2, 15: 25-112, pls. 5-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33244904 [details] 

original description (of Arca canalicostata E. Lamy, 1907) Lamy, E. (1907). Révision des <i>Arca</i> vivants du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 55(1): 1-111, pl. 1 [15 June 1907]; 55(3): 199-307, pl. 3 [25 September 1907]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292971
page(s): 297 [details] 

original description (of Arca pectinoides 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): 336 [details] 

original description (of Arca semidentata Deshayes, 1839) Deshayes, G. P. (1839-1858). <i>Traité élémentaire de conchyliologie: avec les applications de cette science à la géologie</i>. Vol. 1(1): xii + 368 pp. [1839]; vol. 1(2), 824 pp., 6 fold-out tables [pp. 1-128, 1839; 129-824: 1850]; vol. 2: 384 pp. [pp. 1-194: 1857: 195-348: 1858; Atlas: 80 + xi pp., 132 pls. with various numbers; Explication des planches [pp. 1-24: 1839; pp. 25-48: 1850; pp. 49-80: 1853; appendice pp. i-iv: 1850, pp. v-xi: 1857]. Masson, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218368
page(s): pl. 36 figs 8-9; explication des planches: 23 [details] 

basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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English blood ark shell [from synonym]blood ark clam [from synonym]blood ark [from synonym]  [details]
German Blutrote Archenmuschel [from synonym]Blutarche [from synonym]  [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) (from synonym Anadara ovalis (Bruguière, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Anadara ovalis (Bruguière, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Arca holmesii J. D. Kurtz, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Arca pexata Say, 1821)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Arca campechiensis Gmelin, 1791)
To Conchology (Lunarca ovalis) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lunarca ovalis) 
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 13 proteins) 
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Anadara ovalis (Bruguière, 1789))
To Malacopics (Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789) United States, New Jersey, W of Cape May, Delaware ... 
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-3870) (from synonym Arca canalicostata E. Lamy, 1907)
To NHMUK collection (Arca campechiensis Gmelin, 1791; NHMUK:ecatalogue:4313127) (from synonym Arca campechiensis Gmelin, 1791)
To NHMUK collection (Arca pectinoides King & Broderip, 1832; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2386547) (from synonym Arca pectinoides P. P. King, 1832)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Anadara ovalis (Bruguière, 1789))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006436.BV) (from synonym Anadara ovalis (Bruguière, 1789))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033239) 
To ITIS
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