WoRMS taxon details
Acesta angolensis (Adam & Knudsen, 1955)
505409 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505409)
accepted
Species
Lima (Acesta) angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955 · unaccepted
Lima angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955 · unaccepted
marine
(of Lima angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955) Adam, W. & Knudsen, J. (1955). Note sur quelques espèces de mollusques marins nouveaux ou peu connus de l'Afrique occidentale. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> 31 (61): 1-25., available online at http://new-biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-bulletin-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-bulletin-van-het-koninklijk-belgisch-instituut-voor-natuurwetenschappen/31-
page(s): 19-23, pl. 2 fig. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 19-23, pl. 2 fig. 1-4 [details]
Type locality contained in Angolan Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Angolan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acesta angolensis (Adam & Knudsen, 1955). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505409 on 2025-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lima angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955) Adam, W. & Knudsen, J. (1955). Note sur quelques espèces de mollusques marins nouveaux ou peu connus de l'Afrique occidentale. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> 31 (61): 1-25., available online at http://new-biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-bulletin-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-bulletin-van-het-koninklijk-belgisch-instituut-voor-natuurwetenschappen/31-
page(s): 19-23, pl. 2 fig. 1-4 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 19-23, pl. 2 fig. 1-4 [details]
basis of record 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
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): 292-293 [details]
page(s): 292-293 [details]
Other
additional source
Nolf, F. (2025). <i>Acesta verstraeteni</i> (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Limidae), a new species from Eastern Atlantic waters, compared with similar species. <em>Neptunea.</em> 18(3): 26-39.
page(s): 29, pl. 8 figs 27-30 [details]
page(s): 29, pl. 8 figs 27-30 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lima (Acesta) angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955)
To Malacopics (Acesta angolensis (Adam & Knudsen,1955) Gabon, off Gabon, at 4 m depth)
To NHMUK collection (Lima angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2450028) (from synonym Lima angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955)
To Malacopics (Acesta angolensis (Adam & Knudsen,1955) Gabon, off Gabon, at 4 m depth)
To NHMUK collection (Lima angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2450028) (from synonym Lima angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
