North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839


Limatula subauriculata

AphiaID

138127 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138127)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808 accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Limidae Rafinesque, 1815

Orig. name

Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839

Synonymised names

Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 · unaccepted

Direct children (18)
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Species Limatula bisecta Allen, 2004
Species Limatula celtica Allen, 2004
Species Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Limatula demiradiata Allen, 2004
Species Limatula gibba (Jeffreys, 1876)
Species Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
Species Limatula hyperborea A. S. Jensen, 1905
Species Limatula ingolfiana A. S. Jensen, 1912
Species Limatula jeffreysi (P. Fischer, 1882)
Species Limatula laminifera (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Limatula margaretae Allen, 2004
Species Limatula similis (A. S. Jensen, 1912)
Species Limatula smithi Allen, 2004
Species Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Species Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)
Species Limatula thalassae Allen, 2004

Species Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827) accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)

Species Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814) accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839) Wood S. V. (1839). Descriptions of the species of the genus Lima from the Coralline Crag, in the cabinet of Searles Valentine Wood, late curator of the Geological Society of London. Magazine of Natural History. new ser., 3: 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2270235
page(s): 235 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2022) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138127 on 2023-04-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2023). European Register of Marine Species. Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138127 on 2023-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-07-16 18:27:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-09-01 07:25:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839) Wood S. V. (1839). Descriptions of the species of the genus Lima from the Coralline Crag, in the cabinet of Searles Valentine Wood, late curator of the Geological Society of London. Magazine of Natural History. new ser., 3: 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2270235
page(s): 235 [details]

additional source Kilburn R.N. (1998) The Limidae of South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia): genera Limaria, Limatula, Divarilima, Ctenoides and Fukama. Annals of the Natal Museum 39: 203-247., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/39/1/AJA03040798_266
page(s): 218. [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To ITIS


Limatula subauriculata [image from typetaxon]


Limatula subauriculata [image from typetaxon]


Limatula subauricul... [image from typetaxon]