WoRMS taxon details
Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
140242 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140242)
accepted
Species
Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844 · unaccepted
Lima goodallii Leach, 1847 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Lima nivea (Brocchi, 1814) · unaccepted
Lima subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lima sulcata T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Lima sulculus Lovén, 1846 · unaccepted
Lima unicostata Leach, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814) · uncertain > nomen dubium
Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted
Ostrea nivea Brocchi, 1814 · unaccepted
Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744
page(s): 63, pl. 29 fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 63, pl. 29 fig. 2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140242 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744
page(s): 63, pl. 29 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Lima sulcata T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): ii, pl. 31 fig. 4-5 [details]
original description (of Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 192 [details]
original description (of Lima goodallii Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 273 [details]
original description (of Lima sulculus Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): p. 186 [details]
original description (of Ostrea nivea Brocchi, 1814) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). <i>Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo</i>. pp. 1-56, I-LXXV, 1-240. Milano, Stamperia Reale., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697
page(s): 571-572 [details]
original description (of Lima unicostata Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 348 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 63, pl. 29 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Lima sulcata T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): ii, pl. 31 fig. 4-5 [details]
original description (of Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 192 [details]
original description (of Lima goodallii Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 273 [details]
original description (of Lima sulculus Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). <i>Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium</i>. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar.</em> (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): p. 186 [details]
original description (of Ostrea nivea Brocchi, 1814) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). <i>Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo</i>. pp. 1-56, I-LXXV, 1-240. Milano, Stamperia Reale., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697
page(s): 571-572 [details]
original description (of Lima unicostata Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 348 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors 
[request]
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 Lisitsyna, K. N. & Kamenev, G. M. (2024). New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands (northwestern Pacific Ocean): A study of materials collected over 70 years of expeditions (from 1949 to 2019). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5523(2): 231-253., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.6
page(s): 240, figs 3C-D [details]
[request]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 Lisitsyna, K. N. & Kamenev, G. M. (2024). New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands (northwestern Pacific Ocean): A study of materials collected over 70 years of expeditions (from 1949 to 2019). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5523(2): 231-253., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.6
page(s): 240, figs 3C-D [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | kleine vijlschelp [from synonym] | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844)
To Dyntaxa
To Malacopics (Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 188) France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Alpes-Mar...
To Malacopics (Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 188) Sweden, Västra Götaland, Saltkallefjord, W of...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808)
To PESI (from synonym Lima sulcata T. Brown, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Lima sulculus Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Lima nivea (Brocchi, 1814))
To PESI (from synonym Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827))
To PESI (from synonym Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844)
To Dyntaxa
To Malacopics (Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 188) France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Alpes-Mar...
To Malacopics (Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 188) Sweden, Västra Götaland, Saltkallefjord, W of...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808)
To PESI (from synonym Lima sulcata T. Brown, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Lima sulculus Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Lima nivea (Brocchi, 1814))
To PESI (from synonym Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827))
To PESI (from synonym Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814))
To ITIS
 sulcata.jpg "To Malacopics (Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 188) Sweden, Västra Götaland, Saltkallefjord, W of...")
