WoRMS taxon details
Lunarca J. E. Gray, 1842
415584 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415584)
accepted
Genus
Lunarca costata J. E. Gray, 1857 accepted as Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789) (type by subsequent monotypy)
Anadara (Argina) J. E. Gray, 1842 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Argina...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Argina Hübner, 1816 [Lepidoptera]; Arginarca is a replacement name
Arca (Argina) J. E. Gray, 1842 · unaccepted
Argina J. E. Gray, 1842 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Argina...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Argina Hübner, 1816 [Lepidoptera]; Arginarca is a replacement name
Arginarca R. A. McLean, 1951 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scapharca (Argina) J. E. Gray, 1842 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Argina Hübner,...)
junior homonym of Argina Hübner, 1816 [Lepidoptera]; Arginarca is a replacement name; synonym
- Species Lunarca brevifrons (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Species Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789)
- Species Lunarca costata J. E. Gray, 1857 accepted as Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 81 [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lunarca J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415584 on 2026-09-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Argina J. E. Gray, 1842) Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 81, 92 [details]
original description (of Arginarca R. A. McLean, 1951) McLean, R. A. 1951. The Pelecypoda or bivalve mollusks of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 17: 1-183.
page(s): 17 [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Argina J. E. Gray, 1842) Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 81, 92 [details]
original description (of Arginarca R. A. McLean, 1951) McLean, R. A. 1951. The Pelecypoda or bivalve mollusks of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 17: 1-183.
page(s): 17 [details]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
