The genus author is Gray, 1857.  Molecular data, the hinge, and
ligament are all quite distinctive.  The Mikkelsen and Bieler
Seashells of Southern Florida is one reference using Lunarca, but I
don't know what would be the first modern paper splitting it off.

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:38 AM, David Knott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Can anyone give me a bibliographic citation for a paper that definitively
> introduced the combination Lunarca ovalis (Bruguiere, 1789)?
>
> David M. Knott
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> see our website at http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/sertc/
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