WoRMS name details
Lima squamosa Lamarck, 1801
216643 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216643)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
- Variety Lima squamosa var. depressa Locard, 1886 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Lima squamosa var. elata Locard, 1886 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Lima squamosa var. elongata Locard, 1886 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Lima squamosa var. inflata Locard, 1886 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Lima squamosa var. intermedia Locard, 1886 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, junior homonym of Lima intermedia d'Orbigny, 1847)
- Variety Lima squamosa var. major Locard, 1886 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Lima squamosa var. rotundata Locard, 1886 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 136 [details]
page(s): 136 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lima squamosa Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216643 on 2026-09-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 136 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 136 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
