WoRMS name details
Nassa limata (Chemnitz, 1795)
751138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:751138)
unaccepted > superseded combination (not available: published in a work rejected by ICZN)
Species
Nassa Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Tritia Risso, 1826
- Variety Nassa limata var. conferta E. von Martens, 1876 accepted as Nassarius denticulatus (A. Adams, 1852) accepted as Tritia denticulata (A. Adams, 1852)
- Variety Nassa limata var. copiosa Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Variety Nassa limata var. corpulenta Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, invalid; not C. B. Adams, 1852)
- Variety Nassa limata var. exilis Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Variety Nassa limata var. multicostata Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Variety Nassa limata var. paucicostata del Prête, 1883 accepted as Nassarius lima (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Variety Nassa limata var. robusta Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Nassarius lima (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Nomenclature This name has been extensively used to denote a Mediterranean species but the specific name, introduced in a work rejected...
Nomenclature This name has been extensively used to denote a Mediterranean species but the specific name, introduced in a work rejected by ICZN, is not available; the earliest available objective name based on the same source is Buccinum lima Dillwyn, 1817 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nassa limata (Chemnitz, 1795). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751138 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 77 [details]
basis of record Monterosato, T. A. di. (1890). Conchiglie della profondità del mare di Palermo. <em>Il Naturalista Siciliano.</em> 9(6): 140-151 [March 1st, 1890]; 9(7): 157-166 [April 1st, 1890]; 9(8): 181-191 [May 1st, 1890)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11568606 [details]
basis of record Harmer F.W. (1914-1918). The Pliocene Mollusca of Great Britain, being supplementary to S.V. Wood's monograph of the Crag Mollusca. Vol. 1. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 67(330): 1-200, pl. 1-24 (part 1, February 1914); 68(333): 201-302, pl. 25-32 (part 2, July 1915); 70 (337): 303- 461, pl. 33-44 (part 3, February 1918); 71(341): i-xii, 463-483 (part 4, April 1919)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36965666 [details]
basis of record Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques testacés des mers d'Europe. F. Savy, Paris, 312 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10359 [details]
page(s): 77 [details]
basis of record Monterosato, T. A. di. (1890). Conchiglie della profondità del mare di Palermo. <em>Il Naturalista Siciliano.</em> 9(6): 140-151 [March 1st, 1890]; 9(7): 157-166 [April 1st, 1890]; 9(8): 181-191 [May 1st, 1890)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11568606 [details]
basis of record Harmer F.W. (1914-1918). The Pliocene Mollusca of Great Britain, being supplementary to S.V. Wood's monograph of the Crag Mollusca. Vol. 1. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 67(330): 1-200, pl. 1-24 (part 1, February 1914); 68(333): 201-302, pl. 25-32 (part 2, July 1915); 70 (337): 303- 461, pl. 33-44 (part 3, February 1918); 71(341): i-xii, 463-483 (part 4, April 1919)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36965666 [details]
basis of record Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques testacés des mers d'Europe. F. Savy, Paris, 312 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10359 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature This name has been extensively used to denote a Mediterranean species but the specific name, introduced in a work rejected by ICZN, is not available; the earliest available objective name based on the same source is Buccinum lima Dillwyn, 1817 [details]
