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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Lunarca ovalis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Anadara : Lunarca ovalis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Lunarca |
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| Scientific Name | Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Lunarca ovalis | species | belongs to Arca | stated without evidence | Bruguiere, 1789 | | Lunarca ovalis | species | belongs to Anadara | stated without evidence | Richards, 1962 | | Lunarca ovalis | species | belongs to Anadara (Lunarca) | stated with evidence | da Silva Forti, 1969 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic,brackish,freshwater (based on Arcidae) |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Anadara (Lunarca)) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Arcidae) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Anadara (Lunarca)) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion (based on Arcidae) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite,intermediate,minor folds, major ribbing (based on Arcidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | I. R. da Silva Forti. 1969. Cenozoic Mollusks from the drillholes Cassino and Palmares do Sul of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul. Iheringia Geologia 2:55-155 |
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| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Anadara ovalis americana Wood | GBIF | subspecies | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Anadara ovalis americana |
| Arca holmesii Kurtz, 1860 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca holmesii |
| Arca pexata Say, 1821 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca pexata |
| Anadara ovalis pexata Say | GBIF | subspecies | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Anadara ovalis pexata |
| Arca ovalis Bruguière, 1789 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca ovalis |
| Lunarca costata Gray, 1857 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Lunarca costata |
| Arca canalicostata Lamy, 1907 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca canalicostata |
| Arca pariaensis Maury, 1912 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca pariaensis |
| Arca campechiensis Gmelin, 1791 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca campechiensis |
| Arca pectinoides P.P.King, 1832 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca pectinoides |
| Arca indica Reeve, 1844 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca indica |
| Arca americana Wood, 1828 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca americana |
| Arca costata Gray, 1857 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca costata |
| Arca declivis Dillwyn, 1817 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca declivis |
| Arca cayenensis Lamarck, 1819 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca cayenensis |
| Arca semidentata Deshayes, 1850 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Arca semidentata |
| Anadara campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Anadara campechiensis |
| Anadara ovalis (Bruguière, 1789) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Lunarca : Anadara ovalis |
| da Silva Forti I. R. (1969) Cenozoic Mollusks from the drillholes Cassino and Palmares do Sul of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul, Iheringia Geologia 2, 55-155 |
| Richards H. G. (1962) Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America, Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52 3, 1-142 |
| Rosenberg G. (2005) Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca, [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp |
| 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. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| 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 - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. (2009) Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, - via Catalogue of Life |
Lunarca ovalis
