Lima
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Vinarski, Maxim
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Lima Bruguière, 1797
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lima Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138125 on 2026-08-03
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modified: 2025-12-27T09:55:04Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Lima Bruguière, 1797
class: Bivalvia
family: Limidae
genus: Lima
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Bruguière, J. G. (1791-1797). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. [An encyclopedic and methodical table of the three kingdoms of nature. Worms, shells, mollusks and corals.]. Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]Panckoucke, Paris. 180 pp + 92 plates.
name published in: Kilburn R.N. (1998) The Limidae of South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia): genera Limaria, Limatula, Divarilima, Ctenoides and Fukama. Annals of the Natal Museum 39: 203-247.
name published in: Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein.
name published in: Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(4): 157-189 [4 September 1929].
name published in: Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp.
name published in: Oken, L. (1815 - 1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. [Textbook of Natural History. Part Three: Zoology.]. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813]. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates].
name published in year: 1791-1797
name published in year: 1998
name published in year: 1852-1853
name published in year: 1929
name published in year: 1798
name published in year: 1815 - 1816
order: Limida
parent name usage ID: 1778
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Bruguière, 1797
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted