WoRMS taxon details

Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839

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

accepted
Genus
Limatula (Antarctolima) Habe, 1977 · alternate representation
Limatula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 · alternate representation
Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 · alternate representation
Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 · alternate representation
Squamilima C. A. Fleming, 1978 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Species Limatula abyssicola Okutani, 1962
Species Limatula acherontis C. A. Fleming, 1978
Species Limatula aequatorialis (Thiele, 1920)
Species Limatula agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920)
Species Limatula aphrodita Boone, 1928
Species Limatula attenuata Dall, 1916
Species Limatula aupouria Powell, 1937
Species Limatula bisecta Allen, 2004
Species Limatula bismarckiana (Thiele, 1920)
Species Limatula bullata (Born, 1778)
Species Limatula ceciliaosorioae Gálvez & Wacquez, 2018
Species Limatula celtica Allen, 2004
Species Limatula ceylanica A. Adams, 1864
Species Limatula chilensis Campusano, Ruz & Oliva, 2012
Species Limatula choshiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1961
Species Limatula colmani C. A. Fleming, 1978
Species Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Limatula deceptionensis Preston, 1916
Species Limatula delli C. A. Fleming, 1978
Species Limatula demiradiata Allen, 2004
Species Limatula densecostata (Thiele, 1920)
Species Limatula domaneschii Oliveira & Absalão, 2008
Species Limatula exigua (Thiele, 1920)
Species Limatula filatovae Okutani, 1975
Species Limatula gibba (Jeffreys, 1876)
Species Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
Species Limatula hodgsoni (E. A. Smith, 1907)
Species Limatula hyperborea A. S. Jensen, 1905
Species Limatula impendens Kilburn, 1998
Species Limatula ingolfiana A. S. Jensen, 1912
Species Limatula insularis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Species Limatula intercostulata Kilburn, 1998
Species Limatula iredalei C. A. Fleming, 1978
Species Limatula jacksonensis (Thiele, 1920)
Species Limatula japonica A. Adams, 1864
Species Limatula jeffreysi (P. Fischer, 1882)
Species Limatula kinjoi Hayami & Kase, 1993
Species Limatula kurodai Oyama, 1943
Species Limatula laminifera (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Limatula leptocarya (Melvill, 1898)
Species Limatula louiseae A. Clarke, 1974
Species Limatula maoria Finlay, 1926
Species Limatula margaretae Allen, 2004
Species Limatula nippona Habe, 1960
Species Limatula nodulosa A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Species Limatula oliveri Powell, 1958
Species Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912)
Species Limatula ponderi C. A. Fleming, 1978
Species Limatula powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978
Species Limatula pusilla (H. Adams, 1871)
Species Limatula raoulica C. A. Fleming, 1978
Species Limatula regularis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Species Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
Species Limatula setifera Dall, 1886
Species Limatula siberutensis (Thiele, 1920)
Species Limatula sibogai (Prashad, 1932)
Species Limatula siligo C. A. Fleming, 1978
Species Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908)
Species Limatula similis (A. S. Jensen, 1912)
Species Limatula simillima (Thiele, 1912)
Species Limatula smithi Allen, 2004
Species Limatula spinulosa C. A. Fleming, 1978
Species Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
Species Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Species Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)
Species Limatula subtilis (E. A. Smith, 1895)
Species Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
Species Limatula tadena (Iredale, 1939)
Species Limatula tensa (Iredale, 1939)
Species Limatula textilis Z.-R. Wang, 1990
Species Limatula thalassae Allen, 2004
Species Limatula vancouverensis F. R. Bernard, 1978
Species Limatula vermicola Kilburn, 1975
Species Limatula vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978
Species Limatula vladivostokensis (Scarlato, 1955)

Subgenus Limatula (Gemellima) Iredale, 1929 accepted as Limea (Gemellima) Iredale, 1929 represented as Limea Bronn, 1831
Subgenus Limatula (Limatulella) Sacco, 1898 accepted as Limaria (Limatulella) Sacco, 1898 represented as Limaria Link, 1807
Subgenus Limatula (Squamilima) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula (Antarctolima) Habe, 1977 represented as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
Subgenus Limatula (Winckworthia) Glibert & van de Poel, 1965 accepted as Limaria Link, 1807 (unavailable name: no description)
Species Limatula bullata (Born, 1778) sensu W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 accepted as Limatula oliveri Powell, 1958 (misapplication)
Species Limatula californica F. R. Bernard, 1988 accepted as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
Species Limatula closei (Hedley, 1916) accepted as Limatula hodgsoni (E. A. Smith, 1907) (synonym)
Species Limatula elliptica (Jeffreys, 1864) accepted as Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
Species Limatula falklandica A. Adams, 1864 accepted as Limea pygmaea (R. A. Philippi, 1845)
Species Limatula hendersoni Olsson & McGinty, 1958 accepted as Limatula regularis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Species Limatula hyalina A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Limaria hyalina (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Limatula macleani F. R. Bernard, 1988 accepted as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
Species Limatula ovata Jeffreys, 1876 sensu Dall, 1881 accepted as Limatula setifera Dall, 1886
Species Limatula pygmaea (R. A. Philippi, 1845) accepted as Limea pygmaea (R. A. Philippi, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) sensu Oyama, 1943 accepted as Limatula bullata (Born, 1778) (misapplication)
Species Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1803) sensu Habe, 1958 accepted as (misapplication)
Species Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827) accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Species Limatula tosana Oyama, 1943 accepted as Limea tosana (Oyama, 1943)

Subgenus Limatula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 represented as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) maoria Finlay, 1926 accepted as Limatula (Stabilima) maoria Finlay, 1926 represented as Limatula maoria Finlay, 1926
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula (Antarctolima) vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978 represented as Limatula vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920) represented as Limatula agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920)
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) ceciliaosorioae Gálvez & Wacquez, 2018 represented as Limatula ceciliaosorioae Gálvez & Wacquez, 2018
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) chilensis Campusano, Ruz & Oliva, 2012 represented as Limatula chilensis Campusano, Ruz & Oliva, 2012
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) densecostata (Thiele, 1920) represented as Limatula densecostata (Thiele, 1920)
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) exigua (Thiele, 1920) represented as Limatula exigua (Thiele, 1920)
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) impendens Kilburn, 1998 represented as Limatula impendens Kilburn, 1998 (basionym)
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978 represented as Limatula powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978 (original combination)
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978 represented as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) similaris (Dall, 1908) represented as Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908)
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) represented as Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) suteri (Dall, 1908) represented as Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
  » Species Limatula (Limatula) vermicola Kilburn, 1998 represented as Limatula vermicola Kilburn, 1975
Subgenus Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 represented as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839

Species Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814) accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839) Wood S. V. (1839). Descriptions of the species of the genus <i>Lima</i> from the Coralline Crag, in the cabinet of Searles Valentine Wood, late curator of the Geological Society of London. <em>Magazine of Natural History.</em> new ser., 3: 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2270235
page(s): 235 [details]   
Taxonomy There are seven undescribed subgenera in this genus.  
Taxonomy There are seven undescribed subgenera in this genus. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138127 on 2023-09-29
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2012-07-16 18:27:26Z
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2018-09-01 07:25:19Z
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2023-08-24 08:03:46Z
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original description  (of Limatuletta C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 73 [details]   

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

original description  (of Squamilima C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 80 [details]   

original description  (of Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 73 [details]   

original description  (of Limatula (Squamilima) C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 80 [details]   

basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 103 [details]   

additional source Kilburn R.N. (1998) The Limidae of South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia): genera <i>Limaria, Limatula, Divarilima, Ctenoides</i> and <i>Fukama</i>. <i>Annals of the Natal Museum</i> 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 
From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Taxonomy There are seven undescribed subgenera in this genus. [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese ユキバネガイ属  [details]
Limatula subauriculata
 Limatula subauriculata
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Limatula subauriculata
 Limatula subauriculata
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Limatula subauriculata (f) sulcata
 Limatula subauricul...
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