Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinida > Superfamily Anomioidea > Family Anomiidae > Genus Anomia

Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anomia*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anomia adhaerens*	Clément, 1874	synonym
*Anomia aspera*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Anomia boletiformis*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Anomia cepa*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Anomia cepiformis*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Anomia ephippium rugulosostriata*	Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1950	synonym
*Anomia ephippium var. argentaria*	Monterosato, 1915	synonym
*Anomia ephippium var. convexa*	Monterosato, 1915	synonym
*Anomia ephippium var. cuprea*	Monterosato, 1915	synonym
*Anomia ephippium var. sanguinea*	Monterosato, 1915	synonym
*Anomia ephippium var. saxicola*	Monterosato, 1915	synonym
*Anomia fornicata*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Anomia helvetica*	Bourcart & Zbyzewsky, 1940	synonym
*Anomia patellaris*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Anomia pellucida*	T. Brown, 1818	synonym
*Anomia polymorpha*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Anomia pyriformis*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Anomia radians*	O. G. Costa, 1844	synonym
*Anomia radiata*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Anomia scabrella*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Anomia sulcata*	Poli, 1795	synonym
*Anomia tunicacepae*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Anomia violacea*	Bruguière, 1789	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gurca si shale sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Dutch: paardenzadel sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: European jingle shell; European saddle oyster; saddle oyster sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

French: anomie pelure d'oignon sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

German: Europäische Sattelauster; Sattelmuschel; Zwiebelmuschel; Zwiebelschale sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

Greek: Κουφόστρειδο

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series. 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

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External Links

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138748