WoRMS taxon details
Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779)
140232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140232)
accepted
Species
Acesta (Acesta) excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779) · alternative representation
Lima (Acesta) excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lima (Acesta) excavata sublaevis F. Nordsieck, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior homonym of Lima sublaevis...)
junior homonym of Lima sublaevis Thurmann, 1863
Lima excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lima excavata sublaevis F. Nordsieck, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lima maxima Lamarck, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lima solida Calcara, 1845 · unaccepted
Ostrea excavata J. C. Fabricius, 1779 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Ostrea excavata J. C. Fabricius, 1779) Fabricius, J. C. (1779). Reise nach Norwegen mit Bemerkungen aus der Naturhistorie und Oekonomie. [Journey to Norway with Remarks on Natural History and Economics.]. <em>Hamburg. Carl Ernst Bohn.</em> 388 pp., available online at https://books.google.es/books?hl=ca&lr=&id=QY8BAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Fabricius,+J.+C.+(1779).+Reise+nach+Norwegen+mit+Bemerkungen+aus+der+Naturhistorie+und+Oekonomie.+Hamburg.+Carl+Ernst+Bohn.+388pp.&ots=bTWKm1Y8uz&sig=86Su70_D9c9Z_dOhus3iXvnGBC0&redi
page(s): 368 [details]
page(s): 368 [details]
Type locality contained in Norwegian part of the Norwegian Sea
type locality contained in Norwegian part of the Norwegian Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140232 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostrea excavata J. C. Fabricius, 1779) Fabricius, J. C. (1779). Reise nach Norwegen mit Bemerkungen aus der Naturhistorie und Oekonomie. [Journey to Norway with Remarks on Natural History and Economics.]. <em>Hamburg. Carl Ernst Bohn.</em> 388 pp., available online at https://books.google.es/books?hl=ca&lr=&id=QY8BAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Fabricius,+J.+C.+(1779).+Reise+nach+Norwegen+mit+Bemerkungen+aus+der+Naturhistorie+und+Oekonomie.+Hamburg.+Carl+Ernst+Bohn.+388pp.&ots=bTWKm1Y8uz&sig=86Su70_D9c9Z_dOhus3iXvnGBC0&redi
page(s): 368 [details]
original description (of Lima solida Calcara, 1845) Calcara, P. (1845). Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de coquilles fossiles et vivantes de la Sicile, avec l'addition de cinq nouvelles espècesde Polypiers. <em>Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 280-282., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=n2dIAAAAMAAJ
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Lima (Acesta) excavata sublaevis F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp.
page(s): 59; pl. 10 fig. 23 [details]
original description (of Lima maxima Lamarck, 1807) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1806-1807). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 8: pp. 77-79, pl. 35-37 (=pl. VIII-X); pp. 156-166; 347-355, pl. 59-62 (=pl. XI-XIV) [1806]; pp. 461-469 [January 1807]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407826
page(s): 463; note: based on Chemnitz, 1784, p. 355, pl. 68 fig. 654 [details]
page(s): 368 [details]
original description (of Lima solida Calcara, 1845) Calcara, P. (1845). Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de coquilles fossiles et vivantes de la Sicile, avec l'addition de cinq nouvelles espècesde Polypiers. <em>Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 280-282., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=n2dIAAAAMAAJ
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Lima (Acesta) excavata sublaevis F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp.
page(s): 59; pl. 10 fig. 23 [details]
original description (of Lima maxima Lamarck, 1807) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1806-1807). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 8: pp. 77-79, pl. 35-37 (=pl. VIII-X); pp. 156-166; 347-355, pl. 59-62 (=pl. XI-XIV) [1806]; pp. 461-469 [January 1807]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407826
page(s): 463; note: based on Chemnitz, 1784, p. 355, pl. 68 fig. 654 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 291 [details]
page(s): 291 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Järnegren J., Schander C., Sneli J.-A., Rønningen V. & Young C.M. 2007. Four genes, morphology and ecology: distinguishing a new species of <i>Acesta</i> (Mollusca; Bivalvia) from the Gulf of Mexico. <i>Marine Biology</i>, 152(1): 43-55 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source López Correa M., Freiwald A., Hall-Spencer J.M. & Taviani M. (2005). Distribution and habitats of <i>Acesta excavata</i> (Bivalvia: Limidae) with new data on its shell ultrastructure, pp. 173-205, <i>in</i>: Roberts J.M & Freiwald A. (eds.) Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer, Berlin & Heidelberg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=0DHqVA02GksC&pg=PA175 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Järnegren J., Schander C., Sneli J.-A., Rønningen V. & Young C.M. 2007. Four genes, morphology and ecology: distinguishing a new species of <i>Acesta</i> (Mollusca; Bivalvia) from the Gulf of Mexico. <i>Marine Biology</i>, 152(1): 43-55 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source López Correa M., Freiwald A., Hall-Spencer J.M. & Taviani M. (2005). Distribution and habitats of <i>Acesta excavata</i> (Bivalvia: Limidae) with new data on its shell ultrastructure, pp. 173-205, <i>in</i>: Roberts J.M & Freiwald A. (eds.) Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer, Berlin & Heidelberg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=0DHqVA02GksC&pg=PA175 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (145 publications) (from synonym Lima excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Ostrea excavata J. C. Fabricius, 1779)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acesta excavata)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779) Norway, Nordland, Lofoten Islands, Vesteral...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lima solida Calcara, 1845)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea excavata J. C. Fabricius, 1779)
To PESI (from synonym Lima excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779))
To PESI (from synonym Lima (Acesta) excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779))
To PESI (from synonym Lima (Acesta) excavata sublaevis F. Nordsieck, 1969)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (145 publications) (from synonym Lima excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Ostrea excavata J. C. Fabricius, 1779)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acesta excavata)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779) Norway, Nordland, Lofoten Islands, Vesteral...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lima solida Calcara, 1845)
To PESI (from synonym Ostrea excavata J. C. Fabricius, 1779)
To PESI (from synonym Lima excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779))
To PESI (from synonym Lima (Acesta) excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779))
To PESI (from synonym Lima (Acesta) excavata sublaevis F. Nordsieck, 1969)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
