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Deep-Sea taxon details

Limopsis Sasso, 1827

138132  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138132)

accepted
Genus
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

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  1. Species Limopsis angusta Jeffreys, 1879
  2. Species Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814)
  3. Species Limopsis hirtella Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
  4. Species Limopsis indica E. A. Smith, 1894
  5. Species Limopsis knudseni Dell, 1990
  6. Species Limopsis lilliei E. A. Smith, 1915
  7. Species Limopsis marionensis E. A. Smith, 1885
  8. Species Limopsis paucidentata Dall, 1886
  9. Species Limopsis sulcata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
  10. Species Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1876
  11. Subgenus Limopsis (Aspalima) Iredale, 1929 accepted as Aspalima Iredale, 1929 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Limopsis (Aspalima) affinis A. E. Verrill, 1885 accepted as Aspalima affinis (A. E. Verrill, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Limopsis (Aspalima) cristata Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Aspalima cristata (Jeffreys, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Limopsis (Aspalima) friedbergi Glibert & van de Poel, 1965 accepted as Aspalima friedbergi (Glibert & van de Poel, 1965) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    4. Species Limopsis (Aspalima) galatheae Knudsen, 1970 accepted as Aspalima galatheae (Knudsen, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    5. Species Limopsis (Aspalima) lata E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Aspalima lata (E. A. Smith, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    6. Species Limopsis (Aspalima) longipilosa Pelseneer, 1903 accepted as Aspalima longipilosa (Pelseneer, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    7. Species Limopsis (Aspalima) mabilliana Dall, 1908 accepted as Aspalima mabilliana (Dall, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    8. Species Limopsis (Aspalima) scabra Thiele, 1912 accepted as Aspalima scabra (Thiele, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Subgenus Limopsis (Paracratis) M. Huber, 2010 accepted as Paracratis M. Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Limopsis (Paracratis) minuta (R. A. Philippi, 1836) † accepted as Paracratis minuta (R. A. Philippi, 1836) †
    2. Species Limopsis (Paracratis) natalis (Barnard, 1964) accepted as Paracratis natalis (Barnard, 1964)
  13. Species Limopsis affinis A. E. Verrill, 1885 accepted as Aspalima affinis (A. E. Verrill, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Limopsis antillensis Dall, 1881 accepted as Cratis antillensis (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Limopsis cristata Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Aspalima cristata (Jeffreys, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Limopsis dumasi Cossmann & Peyrot, 1923 † accepted as Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814)
  17. Species Limopsis friedbergi Glibert & van de Poel, 1965 accepted as Aspalima friedbergi (Glibert & van de Poel, 1965) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Limopsis galatheae Knudsen, 1970 accepted as Aspalima galatheae (Knudsen, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  19. Species Limopsis lata E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Aspalima lata (E. A. Smith, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Limopsis longipilosa Pelseneer, 1903 accepted as Aspalima longipilosa (Pelseneer, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Limopsis mabilliana Dall, 1908 accepted as Aspalima mabilliana (Dall, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Limopsis minuta (R. A. Philippi, 1836) † accepted as Paracratis minuta (R. A. Philippi, 1836) † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  23. Species Limopsis natalis Barnard, 1964 accepted as Paracratis natalis (Barnard, 1964) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Limopsis pelagica E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1876 (synonym)
  25. Species Limopsis scabra Thiele, 1912 accepted as Aspalima scabra (Thiele, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Limopsis straminea E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limopsis marionensis E. A. Smith, 1885
  27. Species Limopsis woodi (Mayer, 1868) † accepted as Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814)
  28. Subgenus Limopsis (Pectunculina) A. d'Orbigny, 1844 represented as Limopsis Sasso, 1827
    marine, fresh, terrestrial
    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
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    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  PDF available

    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] 
     
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    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]

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    Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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