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Deep-Sea taxon detailsLimopsis Sasso, 1827
 138132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138132)
accepted
Genus
Arca aurita Brocchi, 1814 accepted as Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814) (type by monotypy)
Limopsis (Pectunculina) A. d'Orbigny, 1844 · alternative representation
Pectunculina A. d'Orbigny, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trigonocoelia Nyst & Galeotti, 1835 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
marine,
recent + fossil
neuter
Sasso, A. (1827). Saggio geologico sopra il Bacino terziario di Albenga. <i>Giornale Ligustico di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti</i>, 1(5): 467–484 [spelling as "Sassi" is in error], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9392003
page(s): 476 [details]
Taxonomy Huber (2015: 370) wrote "The application of genera [among Limopsidae] is therefore unsubstantiated and premature... for...
Taxonomy Huber (2015: 370) wrote "The application of genera [among Limopsidae] is therefore unsubstantiated and premature... for the time being the subgeneric a approach is upheld, representing the best solution currently available", and this is followed herein, notwithstanding the contrary view of Janssen (2015) who treated all the currently accepted subgenera as full genera (and was followed in WoRMS at one time). Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012: 208) also concur in that " [Limopsis] has been split into several groups (...) but these characters are mutable and numerous intergrades occur." Species can here be viewed distributed under subgenera (following Huber, 2010) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limopsis Sasso, 1827. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138132 on 2025-06-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Limopsis Sasso, 1827. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138132 on 2025-06-09
Date action by
original description
Sasso, A. (1827). Saggio geologico sopra il Bacino terziario di Albenga. <i>Giornale Ligustico di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti</i>, 1(5): 467–484 [spelling as "Sassi" is in error], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9392003
page(s): 476 [details] original description (of Pectunculina A. d'Orbigny, 1844) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207 page(s): 182 [details] original description (of Trigonocoelia Nyst & Galeotti, 1835) Nyst, P.-H. & Galeotti, H. (1835). Sur un nouveau genre de coquilles de la famille des arcacés. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 2: 287-296. page(s): 288, 289 [details] additional source Malchus N. & Warén A. 2005. Shell and hinge morphology of juvenile <i>Limopsis</i> (Bivalvia: Arcoida) - implications for limopsid evolution. <i>Marine Biology Research</i> 1(5): 350-364 [details] additional source Oliver, G.; Allen, J. A. (1980). The functional and adaptative morphology of deep-sea species of the family Limopsidae (Bivalvia: Arcoida) from the Atlantic. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B: Biological Sciences,.</em> 291(1045): 45-125. [details] additional source Janssen, R. (2015). A review of the Oligocene Limopsidae of the North Sea Basin (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <em>Geologica Saxonica.</em> 61 (1): 7-33., available online at https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/02_geologica-saxonica61-1_2015_janssen.pdf [details] Available for editors  additional source Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp. page(s): 137 [details] additional source Nicol, D. (1967). How to distinguish between <i>Limopsis</i> and <i>Glycymeris</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(2): 45-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528062 [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
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Huber (2015: 370) wrote "The application of genera [among Limopsidae] is therefore unsubstantiated and premature... for the time being the subgeneric a approach is upheld, representing the best solution currently available", and this is followed herein, notwithstanding the contrary view of Janssen (2015) who treated all the currently accepted subgenera as full genera (and was followed in WoRMS at one time). Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012: 208) also concur in that " [Limopsis] has been split into several groups (...) but these characters are mutable and numerous intergrades occur." Species can here be viewed distributed under subgenera (following Huber, 2010) [details] Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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