Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinoida > Superfamily Anomioidea > Family Anomiidae > Genus Anomia

Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AnomiaLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Species group names

Anomia adhaerens Clement, 1879 synonym
Anomia aspera Philippi, 1844 synonym
Anomia boletiformis Locard, 1891 synonym
Anomia cepa Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Anomia cepiformis Locard, 1886 synonym
Anomia ephippium rugulosostriata Csepreghy, 1950 synonym
Anomia ephippium var. argentina 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 Brown, 1818 synonym
Anomia polymorpha Philippi, 1836 synonym
Anomia pyriformis Lamarck, 1819 synonym
Anomia radians O. G. Costa, 1844 synonym
Anomia radiata Brocchi, 1814 synonym
Anomia scabrella 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: saddle oyster 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.
 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: Sattelmuschel; Zwiebelmuschel 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.
 Greek: Κουφόστρειδο

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

additional source

Ávila, S.P.; Cardigos, F.; Santos, R.S. (2004). D. João de Castro Bank, a shallow water hydrothermal-vent in the Azores: checklist of marine Molluscs. Arquipélago (Ciénc. Biol. Mar./Life Mar. Sci.) 21A: 75-80

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

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

Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. De Strandvlo 11(3): 65-75

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.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (543 publications)
Barcode of Life
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138748

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