Limaria orientalis
creator: Huber, Markus
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-28
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 orientalis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Limaria orientalis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397092 on 2026-08-27
created: 2009-06-03T14:21:14Z
modified: 2021-11-05T23:49:03Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Limaria orientalis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
class: Bivalvia
family: Limidae
genus: Limaria
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.].
name published in: Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929. 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7.
name published in: Powell, A. W. B. (1926). Mollusca from 100 fathoms off Lyttelton, with descriptions of four new species, and also a new Pliocene fossil. Scientific Results of the New Zealand Government Trawling Expedition, 1907. Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 43–50.
name published in year: 1848-1850
name published in year: 1939
name published in year: 1926
order: Limida
parent name usage ID: 138126
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
specific epithet: orientalis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted