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Deep-Sea taxon details

Lima Bruguière, 1797

AphiaID

138125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138125)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Limidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Lima Bruguière, 1797

Direct children (26)

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Species Lima marioni P. Fischer, 1882
Species Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924
Subgenus Lima (Acesta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 accepted as Acesta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
1. Species Lima (Acesta) bullisi H. E. Vokes, 1963 accepted as Acesta bullisi (H. E. Vokes, 1963)
2. Species Lima (Acesta) butonensis Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Lima (Acesta) verdensis Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta verdensis (Bartsch, 1913) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
3. Species Lima (Acesta) excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779) accepted as Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
4. Species Lima (Acesta) verdensis Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta verdensis (Bartsch, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Lima (Callolima) Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta (Callolima) Bartsch, 1913 represented as Acesta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (original rank)
1. Species Lima (Callolima) borneensis Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta borneensis (Bartsch, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 accepted as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Lima (Limatula) confusa E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Lima (Limatula) laminifera E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limatula laminifera (E. A. Smith, 1885) (basionym)
Species Lima agulhasensis Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920) (original combination)
Species Lima confusa E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Lima excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779) accepted as Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lima gibba Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Limatula gibba (Jeffreys, 1876)
Species Lima goliath G. B. Sowerby III, 1883 accepted as Acesta goliath (G. B. Sowerby III, 1883) (original combination)
Species Lima hughi Bartsch, 1923 accepted as Acesta philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913) (junior synonym)
Species Lima jeffreysi P. Fischer, 1882 accepted as Limatula jeffreysi (P. Fischer, 1882)
Species Lima jeffreysi Jeffreys, 1880 accepted as Limatula jeffreysi (P. Fischer, 1882) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
Species Lima laminifera E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limatula laminifera (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Lima lata E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Lima marioni P. Fischer, 1882
Species Lima pellucida C. B. Adams, 1846 accepted as Limaria pellucida (C. B. Adams, 1846) (original combination)
Species Lima solida Calcara, 1845 accepted as Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779)
Species Lima subovata Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)
Species Lima subovata Monterosato, 1875 accepted as Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. 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]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): pl. 206 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lima Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138125 on 2025-05-04

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lima Bruguière, 1797. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138125 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-07-16 18:27:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-10-20 11:57:08Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. 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]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): pl. 206 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Baily, J. L., Jr. (1950). Locomotion in Lima. The Nautilus. 63(4): 112-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520593 [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]