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Posted: Oct 11 2007
Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789), Blood Ark
Previously Anadara ovalis
![ovalis1](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_169122d93c774452954bc44b2ac236ae~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_99,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/04fdd9_169122d93c774452954bc44b2ac236ae~mv2.jpg)
ovalis1
![ovalis2](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_9b46a3d393af41428cb29b58e94e581d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_99,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/04fdd9_9b46a3d393af41428cb29b58e94e581d~mv2.jpg)
ovalis2
![ovalis3](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_da038d6b9aea4b169b453cf89d0dd164~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_99,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/04fdd9_da038d6b9aea4b169b453cf89d0dd164~mv2.jpg)
ovalis3
![ovalis4](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_8c8651a032724fb6a2c3d518d1e00d0d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_103,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/04fdd9_8c8651a032724fb6a2c3d518d1e00d0d~mv2.jpg)
ovalis4
![ovalis5](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_c166b5f0bc9e4cbaaa0a6f5df6c711b8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/04fdd9_c166b5f0bc9e4cbaaa0a6f5df6c711b8~mv2.jpg)
ovalis5
![ovalis6](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_004d674caf174dd6bd1cf91ee43ee7ce~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_103,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/04fdd9_004d674caf174dd6bd1cf91ee43ee7ce~mv2.jpg)
ovalis6
![Lovalis1](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_7688f985af5f429590be2aa061f898d0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/04fdd9_7688f985af5f429590be2aa061f898d0~mv2.jpg)
Lovalis1
![LunarcaOvalis8](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_99122ddefde141fe9f77c4e8ee1316e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_101,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/04fdd9_99122ddefde141fe9f77c4e8ee1316e8~mv2.jpg)
LunarcaOvalis8
![Arcidaeligaments](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_463918132adb42d888d9e8d0f1d2317e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_101,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/04fdd9_463918132adb42d888d9e8d0f1d2317e~mv2.jpg)
Arcidaeligaments
A note of information for those of you who may use Harald Rehder's Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashells. The image presented as #437 for L. ovalis (Blood Ark) is actually a photo of Anadara notabilis (see his #463).
![Beach Arks 19.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_ac150375fa7840ceba9aaab52afbdc21~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_143,h_81,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Beach%20Arks%2019_JPG.jpg)
![Beach Arks 20.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_a719227c1af84ace8d953ef9874ad2b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_81,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Beach%20Arks%2020_JPG.jpg)
![Beach Arks 17.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04fdd9_75f65ae37913443b91c064a702825ff6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_82,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Beach%20Arks%2017_JPG.jpg)
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