WoRMS taxon details
Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
138127 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138127)
accepted
Genus
Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808 accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) (type by subsequent designation)
Antarctolima Habe, 1977 · unaccepted
Gemellima Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted
Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 · unaccepted
Limatula (Antarctolima) Habe, 1977 · alternative representation
Limatula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 · alternative representation
Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 · alternative representation
Limatula (Squamilima) C. A. Fleming, 1978 · unaccepted
Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 · alternative representation
Limatuletta C. A. Fleming, 1978 · unaccepted
Radula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 · unaccepted
Squamilima C. A. Fleming, 1978 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Stabilima Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted
- Species Limatula abyssicola Okutani, 1962
- Species Limatula acherontis C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula aequatorialis (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Limatula agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Limatula aphrodita Boone, 1928
- Species Limatula attenuata Dall, 1916
- Species Limatula aupouria A. W. B. Powell, 1937
- Species Limatula bisecta J. A. Allen, 2004
- Species Limatula bismarckiana (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Limatula bullata (Born, 1778)
- Species Limatula ceciliaosorioae Gálvez & Wacquez, 2018
- Species Limatula celtica J. A. Allen, 2004
- Species Limatula ceylanica A. Adams, 1864
- Species Limatula chilensis Campusano, Ruz & Oliva, 2012
- Species Limatula choshiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1961
- Species Limatula colmani C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Limatula deceptionensis Preston, 1916
- Species Limatula delli C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula demiradiata J. A. Allen, 2004
- Species Limatula densecostata (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Limatula domaneschii Oliveira & Absalão, 2008
- Species Limatula exigua (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Limatula filatovae Okutani, 1975
- Species Limatula gibba (Jeffreys, 1876)
- Species Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
- Species Limatula hodgsoni (E. A. Smith, 1907)
- Species Limatula hyperborea A. S. Jensen, 1905
- Species Limatula impendens Kilburn, 1998
- Species Limatula ingolfiana A. S. Jensen, 1912
- Species Limatula insularis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
- Species Limatula intercostulata Kilburn, 1998
- Species Limatula iredalei C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula jacksonensis (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Limatula japonica A. Adams, 1864
- Species Limatula jeffreysi (P. Fischer, 1882)
- Species Limatula kinjoi Hayami & Kase, 1993
- Species Limatula kurodai Oyama, 1943
- Species Limatula laminifera (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Limatula leptocarya (Melvill, 1898)
- Species Limatula louiseae A. H. Clarke, 1974
- Species Limatula maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926
- Species Limatula margaretae J. A. Allen, 2004
- Species Limatula nippona Habe, 1960
- Species Limatula nodulosa A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
- Species Limatula oliveri A. W. B. Powell, 1958
- Species Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912)
- Species Limatula ponderi C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula pusilla (H. Adams, 1871)
- Species Limatula raoulica C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula regularis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
- Species Limatula sanfelixensis Zelaya, Güller & Bieler, 2024
- Species Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
- Species Limatula setifera Dall, 1886
- Species Limatula siberutensis (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Limatula sibogai (Prashad, 1932)
- Species Limatula siligo C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908)
- Species Limatula similis (A. S. Jensen, 1912)
- Species Limatula simillima (Thiele, 1912)
- Species Limatula smithi J. A. Allen, 2004
- Species Limatula spinulosa C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
- Species Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
- Species Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)
- Species Limatula subtilis (E. A. Smith, 1895)
- Species Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
- Species Limatula tadena (Iredale, 1939)
- Species Limatula tensa (Iredale, 1939)
- Species Limatula textilis Z.-R. Wang, 1990
- Species Limatula thalassae J. A. Allen, 2004
- Species Limatula vancouverensis F. R. Bernard, 1978
- Species Limatula vermicola Kilburn, 1975
- Species Limatula vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula vladivostokensis (Scarlato, 1955)
- Subgenus Limatula (Gemellima) Iredale, 1929 accepted as Limea (Gemellima) Iredale, 1929 represented as Limea Bronn, 1831 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Limatula (Limatulella) Sacco, 1898 accepted as Limaria (Limatulella) Sacco, 1898 represented as Limaria Link, 1807 (superseded combination)
- Subgenus Limatula (Squamilima) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula (Antarctolima) Habe, 1977 represented as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
- Subgenus Limatula (Winckworthia) Glibert & van de Poel, 1965 accepted as Limaria Link, 1807 (unavailable name: no description)
- Species Limatula bullata (Born, 1778) sensu W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 accepted as Limatula oliveri A. W. B. Powell, 1958 (misapplication)
- Species Limatula californica F. R. Bernard, 1988 accepted as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
- Species Limatula closei (Hedley, 1916) accepted as Limatula hodgsoni (E. A. Smith, 1907) (synonym)
- Species Limatula elliptica (Jeffreys, 1864) accepted as Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
- Species Limatula falklandica A. Adams, 1864 accepted as Limea pygmaea (R. A. Philippi, 1845)
- Species Limatula hendersoni Olsson & McGinty, 1958 accepted as Limatula regularis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
- Species Limatula hyalina A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Limaria hyalina (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Limatula macleani F. R. Bernard, 1988 accepted as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
- Species Limatula ovata Jeffreys, 1876 sensu Dall, 1881 accepted as Limatula setifera Dall, 1886
- Species Limatula pygmaea (R. A. Philippi, 1845) accepted as Limea pygmaea (R. A. Philippi, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) sensu Oyama, 1943 accepted as Limatula bullata (Born, 1778) (misapplication)
- Species Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1803) sensu Habe, 1958 accepted as (misapplication)
- Species Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827) accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
- Species Limatula tosana Oyama, 1943 accepted as Limea tosana (Oyama, 1943)
- Subgenus Limatula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 represented as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
- Species Limatula (Limatula) maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926 accepted as Limatula (Stabilima) maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926 represented as Limatula maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926 (superseded combination)
- Species Limatula (Limatula) siligo C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula siligo C. A. Fleming, 1978 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Limatula (Limatula) vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula (Antarctolima) vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978 represented as Limatula vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978 (superseded combination)
- Species Limatula (Limatula) acherontis C. A. Fleming, 1978 represented as Limatula acherontis C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula (Limatula) agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920) represented as Limatula agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Limatula (Limatula) ceciliaosorioae Gálvez & Wacquez, 2018 represented as Limatula ceciliaosorioae Gálvez & Wacquez, 2018
- Species Limatula (Limatula) chilensis Campusano, Ruz & Oliva, 2012 represented as Limatula chilensis Campusano, Ruz & Oliva, 2012
- Species Limatula (Limatula) densecostata (Thiele, 1920) represented as Limatula densecostata (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Limatula (Limatula) exigua (Thiele, 1920) represented as Limatula exigua (Thiele, 1920)
- Species Limatula (Limatula) impendens Kilburn, 1998 represented as Limatula impendens Kilburn, 1998 (basionym)
- Species Limatula (Limatula) powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978 represented as Limatula powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula (Limatula) saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978 represented as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
- Species Limatula (Limatula) similaris (Dall, 1908) represented as Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908)
- Species Limatula (Limatula) strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) represented as Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
- Species Limatula (Limatula) suteri (Dall, 1908) represented as Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
- Species Limatula (Limatula) vermicola Kilburn, 1998 represented as Limatula vermicola Kilburn, 1975
- Subgenus Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 represented as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
- Species Limatula (Stabilima) bullata (Born, 1778) represented as Limatula bullata (Born, 1778)
- Species Limatula (Stabilima) maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926 represented as Limatula maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926
- Species Limatula (Stabilima) ponderi C. A. Fleming, 1978 represented as Limatula ponderi C. A. Fleming, 1978
- Species Limatula (Stabilima) strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) represented as Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
- Species Limatula (Stabilima) tadena (Iredale, 1939) represented as Limatula tadena (Iredale, 1939)
- Species Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814) accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839) Wood S. V. (1839). Descriptions of the species of the genus <i>Lima</i> from the Coralline Crag, in the cabinet of Searles Valentine Wood, late curator of the Geological Society of London. <em>Magazine of Natural History.</em> new ser., 3: 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2270235
page(s): 235 [details]
page(s): 235 [details]
Taxonomy There are seven undescribed subgenera in this genus.
Taxonomy There are seven undescribed subgenera in this genus. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138127 on 2024-08-25
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original description
(of Limatuletta C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Stabilima Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635 [details]
original description (of Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839) Wood S. V. (1839). Descriptions of the species of the genus <i>Lima</i> from the Coralline Crag, in the cabinet of Searles Valentine Wood, late curator of the Geological Society of London. <em>Magazine of Natural History.</em> new ser., 3: 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2270235
page(s): 235 [details]
original description (of Squamilima C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Antarctolima Habe, 1977) Habe, T. (1977). Notes on Antarctolima (n. gen.) hodgsoni (Smith, 1907). <em>Venus.</em> 36: 105-107. [details]
original description (of Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Limatula (Squamilima) C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Gemellima Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(4): 157-189 [4 September 1929]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Iredale-1929-Rec-Aust-Mus-174-157189
page(s): 166 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 103 [details]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1998) The Limidae of South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia): genera <i>Limaria, Limatula, Divarilima, Ctenoides</i> and <i>Fukama</i>. <i>Annals of the Natal Museum</i> 39: 203-247., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/39/1/AJA03040798_266
page(s): 218. [details]
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]
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Stabilima Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635 [details]
original description (of Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839) Wood S. V. (1839). Descriptions of the species of the genus <i>Lima</i> from the Coralline Crag, in the cabinet of Searles Valentine Wood, late curator of the Geological Society of London. <em>Magazine of Natural History.</em> new ser., 3: 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2270235
page(s): 235 [details]
original description (of Squamilima C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Antarctolima Habe, 1977) Habe, T. (1977). Notes on Antarctolima (n. gen.) hodgsoni (Smith, 1907). <em>Venus.</em> 36: 105-107. [details]
original description (of Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Limatula (Squamilima) C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Gemellima Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(4): 157-189 [4 September 1929]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Iredale-1929-Rec-Aust-Mus-174-157189
page(s): 166 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 103 [details]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1998) The Limidae of South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia): genera <i>Limaria, Limatula, Divarilima, Ctenoides</i> and <i>Fukama</i>. <i>Annals of the Natal Museum</i> 39: 203-247., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/39/1/AJA03040798_266
page(s): 218. [details]
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]
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]Taxonomy There are seven undescribed subgenera in this genus. [details]
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Japanese | ユキバネガイ属 | [details] |