Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789); Itanhaém Beach, SP, Brazil (1)

Description:

Four shells of Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789); during the 20th century called Anadara ovalis (Bruguière, 1789)[1]; collected in Itanhaém Beach, São Paulo, Brazil (October 9, 1988). The species is distributed from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to Texas (United States) and going to Venezuela, Brazil and Uruguay. NOTE: Some specimens in the image have their periostracum more intact than others. ABBOTT, R. Tucker; DANCE, S. Peter (1982). Compendium of Seashells. A color Guide to More than 4.200 of the World's Marine Shells. New York: E. P. Dutton. p. 292. 412 pp. ISBN 0-525-93269-0 RIOS, Eliézer (1994). Seashells of Brazil. Second edition. Rio Grande, RS. Brazil: FURG. p. 232. 492 pp. ISBN 85-85042-36-2