Species Euanodontia ovum (Reeve, 1850)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lucina ovum Reeve, L.A. 1850. Monograph of the genus Lucina. pls 1-11 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 6. [pl. 5, species 21].
• Lucina tumida Reeve, L.A. 1850. Monograph of the genus Lucina. pls 1-11 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 6. [pl. 5, sp. 22].
• Lucina picta Adams, H. 1870. Descriptions of twenty-six new species of shells collected by Robert M'Andrew, Esq. in the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 788-793 [792].

 

Generic Combinations

• Anodontia (Euanodontia) ovum (Reeve, 1850) [new subgeneric combination]. —
  Taylor, J.D. & Glover, E.A. 2005. Cryptic diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves: a systematic revision of worldwide Anodontia (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 3(3): 281–338 [310]
• Anodontia ovum (Reeve, 1850).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Lucina edentula ovum Reeve, 1850 [as Lucina edentula forma ovum Reeve, 1850]. —
  Lamy, E. 1920. Revision des Lucinacea vivants du d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 65: 71-222 [78]
• Anodontia (Cavatidens) bullula (Reeve, 1850) [misidentification]. —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 22, fig. 142]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Widely distributed in the Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to French Polynesia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand bottom marine, seagrass, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Typical on oceanic islands and reefs. Deeply burrowed in sand and muddy sand.

 

General References

Ball, A.D., K.J. Purdy, E.A. Glover & J.D. Taylor 2009. Ctenidial structure and three bacterial symbiont morphotypes in Anodontia (Euanodontia) ovum (Reeve, 1850) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Bivalvia: Lucinidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 75: 175–185

Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. 2007. Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema 29(1): 109-181 [114, figs 2C, D; 3B]

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [457; on CD]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [pl. 22, fig. 142] (young A. ovum)

Taylor, J.D. & Glover, E.A. 2005. Cryptic diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves: a systematic revision of worldwide Anodontia (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 3(3): 281–338 [310-312, figs 11A, 12A, 28, 29]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014		31-Jul-2014	MOVED
	LUCINOIDEA	30-May-2011	ADDED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)