Limaria hians
creator: Gofas, Serge
date: 2026-08-01
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: Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140235 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
class: Bivalvia
family: Limidae
genus: Limaria
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Turton W. (1825). Description of some new British shells. Zoological Journal, 2: 361-367
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. II. (1843). Monograph of the genus Lima. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (3): 83-88, pl. 21-22. [23 June]. London (Sowerby).
name published in: Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 7: 227-268, pls 17-20.
name published in: Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12.
name published in: Wood S. V. (1839). Descriptions of the species of the genus Lima from the Coralline Crag, in the cabinet of Searles Valentine Wood, late curator of the Geological Society of London. Magazine of Natural History. new ser., 3: 233-236.
name published in: Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray).
name published in: Salis Marschlins, C. U.; Von. (1793). Reisen in verschiedne Provinzen des Königsreichs Neapel. Erster Band. Mit Kupfern Zürich. Zürich, Leipzig. Ziegler & Söhne. 1-442, [1-4], pls. I-X [= 1-10].
name published in: Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910.
name published in: Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations].
name published in: Monterosato, T. A. di. (1883-1885). Conchiglie littorali mediterranee. Il Naturalista Siciliano. [1] 3(3): 87–91 [December 1st, 1883]; [2] 3(4): 102-111 [January 1st, 1884]; [3] 3(5): 137-140 [February 1st, 1884]; [4] 3(6): 159-163 [March 1st, 1884]; [5] 3(8): 227-231 [May 1st, 1884]; [6] 3(10): 277-281 [July 1st, 1884]; [7] 4(1-2): 21-25 [October 1st, 1884]; [8] 4(3): 60-63 [December 1st, 1884]; [9] 4(4): 80-84 [January 1st, 1885]; [10] 4(8): 200-204 [May 1st, 1885].
name published in: Cerulli-Irelli, S. (1907). Fauna Malacologica Mariana Parte Prima. Ostreidae, Anomiidae, Spondilidae, Radulidae, Pectinidae, Mytilidae, Arcidae, Nuculidae, Carditidae, Arcidae. Palaeontographia Italica. 13: 65-140, pl. 3-12 [1-10 in reprint].
name published in: Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5.
name published in year: 1825
name published in year: 1843
name published in year: 1837
name published in year: 1826
name published in year: 1839
name published in year: 1852
name published in year: 1793
name published in year: 1791
name published in year: 1827
name published in year: 1883-1885
name published in year: 1907
name published in year: 1826 - 1827
order: Limida
parent name usage ID: 138126
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Gmelin, 1791)
specific epithet: hians
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted