WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Anadara ovalis (Bruguière, 1789)

AphiaID

156733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156733)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789)

Rank

Species

Parent

Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Arca ovalis Bruguière, 1789

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Arca ovalis Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 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]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras

Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Anadara ovalis (Bruguière, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156733 on 2026-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-19 14:10:07Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Arca ovalis Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 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]

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]