WoRMS taxon details
Limatula powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978
505553 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505553)
accepted
Species
Limatula (Limatula) powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978 · alternative representation
Limatula (Limatula) powelli powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Limatula powelli powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Subspecies Limatula powelli powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subspecies Limatula powelli raoulica C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula raoulica C. A. Fleming, 1978 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Limatula (Limatula) powelli powelli 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): 54 [details]
page(s): 54 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Limatula powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505553 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Limatula (Limatula) powelli 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): 54 [details]
original description (of Limatula (Limatula) powelli powelli 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): 54 [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): 54 [details]
original description (of Limatula (Limatula) powelli powelli 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): 54 [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]
Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.058356; Limatula (Limatula) powelli powelli Fleming, 1978; holotype) (from synonym Limatula (Limatula) powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
