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

*Anomia*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted 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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

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
GBIF

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