WoRMS taxon details
Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912)
197228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197228)
accepted
Species
Lima (Limatula) ovalis Thiele, 1912 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lima (Limatula) ovalis Thiele, 1912) Thiele, J. (1912). Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903, im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse.</em> 13, Zoologie 5(2): 185-285, pls 11-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11631552
page(s): 226, pl. XVII, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 226, pl. XVII, fig. 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Davis Sea
type locality contained in Davis Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197228 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lima (Limatula) ovalis Thiele, 1912) Thiele, J. (1912). Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903, im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse.</em> 13, Zoologie 5(2): 185-285, pls 11-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11631552
page(s): 226, pl. XVII, fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
page(s): 226, pl. XVII, fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Egorova, E. (1982). Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 7. Molluscs of the Davis Sea [Егорова Э.Н. Результаты биологических исследований советских антарктических экспедиций. Вып. 7. Моллюски моря Дейвиса (Восточная Антарктика)]. <em>Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas [Исследования фауны морей].</em> 26(34): 1-142 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/egorova1982_moll_morja_dejvisa_ifm_26_34.djvu
page(s): 66, fig. 289, 290 [details]
additional source Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Egorova, E. (1982). Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 7. Molluscs of the Davis Sea [Егорова Э.Н. Результаты биологических исследований советских антарктических экспедиций. Вып. 7. Моллюски моря Дейвиса (Восточная Антарктика)]. <em>Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas [Исследования фауны морей].</em> 26(34): 1-142 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/egorova1982_moll_morja_dejvisa_ifm_26_34.djvu
page(s): 66, fig. 289, 290 [details]
additional source Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Lima (Limatula) ovalis Thiele, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limatula ovalis)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Limatula ovalis (Thiele,1912) Antarctica, King Haakon VII Sea, at 112-113 m depth)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912) shell, apical view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912) shell, left valve, outer view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Lima (Limatula) ovalis Thiele, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limatula ovalis)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Limatula ovalis (Thiele,1912) Antarctica, King Haakon VII Sea, at 112-113 m depth)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912) shell, apical view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912) shell, left valve, outer view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection