WoRMS taxon details
Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814)
140252 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140252)
accepted
Species
Arca aurita Brocchi, 1814 · unaccepted (original combination)
Limopsis dumasi Cossmann & Peyrot, 1923 † · unaccepted
Limopsis woodi (Mayer, 1868) † · unaccepted
Trigonocoelia woodi Mayer, 1868 † · unaccepted
- Variety Limopsis aurita var. paucidentata Dall, 1886 accepted as Limopsis paucidentata Dall, 1886 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine
(of Arca aurita Brocchi, 1814) Brocchi, G. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Dalla Stamperia Reale, Milano, 1814., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 485, pl. 11 fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 485, pl. 11 fig. 9 [details]
Note Northern Italy (Pliocene fossil)
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Type locality Northern Italy (Pliocene fossil) [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Iceland and Norway to southern Morocco, also in the Canary Islands and the Azores; Mediterranean....
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Iceland and Norway to southern Morocco, also in the Canary Islands and the Azores; Mediterranean. Western Atlantic, from Newfoundland to the Caribbean.
Gorringe, Ampère, Josephine and Seine seamounts, common in 180-545 m; not found in the Meteor group seamounts.
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Gorringe, Ampère, Josephine and Seine seamounts, common in 180-545 m; not found in the Meteor group seamounts.
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MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140252 on 2024-08-24
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original description
(of Arca aurita Brocchi, 1814) Brocchi, G. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Dalla Stamperia Reale, Milano, 1814., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 485, pl. 11 fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Trigonocoelia woodi Mayer, 1868 †) Mayer, C. (1868). Catalogue systématique et descriptif des fossiles des terrains Tertiaires qui se trouvent au Musée Fédéral de Zurich. Troisième Cahier. Mollusques, Famille des Arcidés. Schabelitz, Zurich, 124 p. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=kyg-AAAAcAAJ
page(s): 57, 118 [details]
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
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context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [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]
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]
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): 169 [details]
page(s): 485, pl. 11 fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Trigonocoelia woodi Mayer, 1868 †) Mayer, C. (1868). Catalogue systématique et descriptif des fossiles des terrains Tertiaires qui se trouvent au Musée Fédéral de Zurich. Troisième Cahier. Mollusques, Famille des Arcidés. Schabelitz, Zurich, 124 p. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=kyg-AAAAcAAJ
page(s): 57, 118 [details]
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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
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context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [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]
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]
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): 169 [details]
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Biology Type of larval development: short planktonic (non-planktotrophic) inferred from prodissoconch morphology (Malchus & Warén, 2005) [details]Diagnosis Shell up to 15 mm in height, solid, variable in shape from almost circular to obliquely oval, with a straight dorsal margin. Umbo small but prominent, situated in the middle of the hinge line. Ligament small, situated in a triangular resilifer below the umbo. Sculpture of flat comarginal cords, much wider than the interspaces, and fine radial striae, mostly marked in the interspaces of the cords. Hinge plate wide and arched, with 8 anterior and about 9 posterior teeth, both series decreasing in size towards the umbo, where they may even be superimposed in large specimens. Inner margin of valves smooth, beveled to a flat contact surface between valves. Exterior of shell dirty white. Periostracum forming yellowish-brown, hairy projections which are arranged radially, becoming more dense and longer near the margins. [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Iceland and Norway to southern Morocco, also in the Canary Islands and the Azores; Mediterranean. Western Atlantic, from Newfoundland to the Caribbean.
Gorringe, Ampère, Josephine and Seine seamounts, common in 180-545 m; not found in the Meteor group seamounts.
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Type locality Northern Italy (Pliocene fossil) [details]
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (173 publications)
To Malacopics (Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814) Cape Verde, Brava, NW of Brava, CANCAP 6.36, in yel...
To Malacopics (Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To MNHN Fossil collection (Limopsis aurita (BROCCHI, 1814); Figuré; F.A50645)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Arca aurita Brocchi, 1814)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (173 publications)
To Malacopics (Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814) Cape Verde, Brava, NW of Brava, CANCAP 6.36, in yel...
To Malacopics (Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To MNHN Fossil collection (Limopsis aurita (BROCCHI, 1814); Figuré; F.A50645)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Arca aurita Brocchi, 1814)
To ITIS