WoRMS taxon details
Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1876
156787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156787)
accepted
Species
Limopsis guineensis Thiele, 1931 · unaccepted
Limopsis pelagica E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Limopsis pelagica pelagica E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted
Limopsis plana A. E. Verrill, 1885 · unaccepted
Limopsis profundicola A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limopsis tenella tenella Jeffreys, 1876 · unaccepted
Limopsis transversa Locard, 1898 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Limopsis tenella dalli E. Lamy, 1912 accepted as Limopsis dalli E. Lamy, 1912
- Subspecies Limopsis tenella tenella Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1876
marine
Jeffreys, J. G. (1876). New and peculiar Mollusca of the <i>Pecten</i>, <i>Mytilus</i> and <i>Arca</i> families, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18: 424-436 [novembre]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925427
page(s): 433-434 [details]
page(s): 433-434 [details]
Note «Valorous» sta. 12, off S. Greenland, bathyal
Type locality «Valorous» sta. 12, off S. Greenland, bathyal [details]
Distribution off New Jersey to Gulf of Mexico
Distribution off New Jersey to Gulf of Mexico [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156787 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Jeffreys, J. G. (1876). New and peculiar Mollusca of the <i>Pecten</i>, <i>Mytilus</i> and <i>Arca</i> families, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18: 424-436 [novembre]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925427
page(s): 433-434 [details]
original description (of Limopsis pelagica E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 254, pl. 18, figs 3, 3a. [details]
original description (of Limopsis guineensis Thiele, 1931) Thiele, J. & Jaeckel, S. (1931). Muscheln der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 21: 159-268, pls 6-10., available online at https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/307383.pdf, https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FJWWXEPS2QU47O6MAG2XGHGMNBBGGJUL
page(s): 183 (25), pl. 1, fig. 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Limopsis plana A. E. Verrill, 1885) Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444
page(s): 441 [details]
original description (of Limopsis transversa Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 2 p. 326-327, pl. 15 fig. 11-14 [details]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 433-434 [details]
original description (of Limopsis pelagica E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 254, pl. 18, figs 3, 3a. [details]
original description (of Limopsis guineensis Thiele, 1931) Thiele, J. & Jaeckel, S. (1931). Muscheln der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 21: 159-268, pls 6-10., available online at https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/307383.pdf, https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FJWWXEPS2QU47O6MAG2XGHGMNBBGGJUL
page(s): 183 (25), pl. 1, fig. 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Limopsis plana A. E. Verrill, 1885) Verrill, A. E. (1885). Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6: 395-452., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477444
page(s): 441 [details]
original description (of Limopsis transversa Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 2 p. 326-327, pl. 15 fig. 11-14 [details]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
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]
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 Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
additional source Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [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]
[request]additional source Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
additional source Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality «Valorous» sta. 12, off S. Greenland, bathyal [details]Unreviewed
Distribution off New Jersey to Gulf of Mexico [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Limopsis pelagica E. A. Smith, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Limopsis plana A. E. Verrill, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Limopsis profundicola A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Limopsis transversa Locard, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limopsis tenella)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1876 Cape Verde, Fogo, São Felipe, SW of Fogo, at 35 m d...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NMNH Extant Collection (Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1879 left valve inner view) (from synonym Limopsis tenella tenella Jeffreys, 1876)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Limopsis pelagica E. A. Smith, 1885)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Limopsis plana A. E. Verrill, 1885)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Limopsis profundicola A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Limopsis pelagica E. A. Smith, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Limopsis plana A. E. Verrill, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Limopsis profundicola A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Limopsis transversa Locard, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limopsis tenella)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1876 Cape Verde, Fogo, São Felipe, SW of Fogo, at 35 m d...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NMNH Extant Collection (Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1879 left valve inner view) (from synonym Limopsis tenella tenella Jeffreys, 1876)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Limopsis pelagica E. A. Smith, 1885)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Limopsis plana A. E. Verrill, 1885)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Limopsis profundicola A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To ITIS
