Anomia ephippium Saddle ouster, Jingle shell

Anomia ephippium is commonly referred to as Saddle ouster, Jingle shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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AphiaID:: 138748

Scientific:: Anomia ephippium
German:: Sattelmuschel, Zwiebelauster
English:: Saddle Ouster, Jingle Shell

Category:: Bivalves

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pectinida (Order) > Anomiidae (Family) > Anomia (Genus) > ephippium (Species)
Initial determination:: Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence:: Tunesien, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Angola, Columbia, European Coasts, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, Venezuela, West Africa
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 150 Meter
Size:: up to 2.36" (6 cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C)
Food:: Detritus, Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Anomia achaeus
Anomia chinensis
Anomia cytaeum
Anomia ephippium
Sattelmuschel, Zwiebelauster
Anomia macostata
Anomia peruviana
Anomia simplex
Gewöhnliche Sattelmuschel
Anomia trigonopsis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-23 14:30:17
Last edit:: 2022-06-01 19:22:26

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Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758

Anomia ephippium is an irregularly shaped bivalve, found attached to stones and to other bivalve shells. The shell is very thin and brittle,the colour is white with a blue or pink tinge.Saddle ouster is found from the intertidal to depths of 150 m.It is a deposit feeder.

Synonymised names:
Anomia adhaerens Clement, 1879 · unaccepted
Anomia aspera Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted
Anomia boletiformis Locard, 1891 · unaccepted
Anomia cepa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Anomia cepiformis Locard, 1886 · unaccepted
Anomia electrica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Anomia ephippium rugulosostriata Csepreghy, 1950 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anomia ephippium var. argentina Monterosato, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anomia ephippium var. convexa Monterosato, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anomia ephippium var. cuprea Monterosato, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anomia ephippium var. sanguinea Monterosato, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anomia ephippium var. saxicola Monterosato, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anomia fornicata Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Anomia helvetica Bourcart & Zbyzewsky, 1940 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Anomia humphreysiana Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted
Anomia huttoni Suter, 1913 · unaccepted
Anomia lucerna Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted
Anomia patellaris Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Anomia pellucida T. Brown, 1818 · unaccepted
Anomia polymorpha Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted
Anomia pyriformis Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Anomia radians O. G. Costa, 1844 · unaccepted
Anomia radiata Brocchi, 1814 · unaccepted
Anomia ramosa Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted
Anomia scabrella Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted
Anomia strigilis Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted
Anomia sulcata Poli, 1795 · unaccepted
Anomia tunicacepae da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
Anomia tyria Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted
Anomia violacea Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted

Direct children (6):
Subspecies Anomia ephippium rugulosostriata Csepreghy, 1950 accepted as Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Anomia ephippium var. argentina Monterosato, 1915 accepted as Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Anomia ephippium var. convexa Monterosato, 1915 accepted as Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Anomia ephippium var. cuprea Monterosato, 1915 accepted as Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Anomia ephippium var. sanguinea Monterosato, 1915 accepted as Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Anomia ephippium var. saxicola Monterosato, 1915 accepted as Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)

External links

Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN – The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Naturalhistory.museumwales (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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