Marine Species Traits - Limatula japonica A. Adams, 1864

WoRMS taxon details

Limatula japonica A. Adams, 1864

AphiaID

505542 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505542)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Limatuletta C. A. Fleming, 1978

Parent

Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839

Original name

Limatula japonica A. Adams, 1864

Synonymised names

Limatula (Limatuletta) japonica A. Adams, 1864 · alternative representation

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Subspecies Limatula japonica colmani C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula colmani C. A. Fleming, 1978
Subspecies Limatula japonica delli C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula delli C. A. Fleming, 1978 (superseded combination)
Subspecies Limatula japonica spinulosa C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula spinulosa C. A. Fleming, 1978

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Adams, A. (1864). Description of a new genus and twelve new species of Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1863) 31: 506-509., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681870
page(s): 509 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Japan

type locality contained in Japan [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limatula japonica A. Adams, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505542 on 2025-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2022-07-22 07:56:51Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Adams, A. (1864). Description of a new genus and twelve new species of Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1863) 31: 506-509., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681870
page(s): 509 [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	ニホンユキバネガイ／ニッポンユキバネ	[details]

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