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Lima Bruguière, 1797 
AphiaID: 138125

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Limoida (Order) > Limoidea (Superfamily) > Limidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Lima alba Cuvier, 1797 (type by subsequent monotypy)
Parent Limidae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised
taxa
  Austrolima Iredale, 1929 (synonym)
Lima (Lima) Bruguière, 1797
Limaria Rafinesque, 1815 (invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Lima and junior homonym of Limaria Link, 1807)
Mantellum Röding, 1798 (synonym)
Meotolima Oyama, 1943 (synonym)
Radula Mörch, 1853 (invalid: junior homonym of Radula Gray, 1842)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 Recent Mollusca. Pp 196-219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch [details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

from synonym: Huber M. (2010) 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Norwegian Bokmål flatmoseslekta (from synonym)  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk flatmoseslekta (from synonym)  [details]
Swedish radulor (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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 Species Lima benthonimbifer Iredale, 1925
Species Lima bullifera Deshayes in Maillard, 1863
Species Lima caribaea d'Orbigny, 1853
Species Lima disalvoi Raines, 2002
Species Lima fujitai Oyama, 1943
Species Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lima marioni Fischer, 1882
Species Lima meridionalis Stuardo, 1968
Species Lima messura (Kilburn, 1998)
Species Lima nakayasui Habe, 1987
Species Lima nasca (Bernard, 1988)
Species Lima natans Dufo, 1840
Species Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924
Species Lima ogasawaraensis Habe, 1993
Species Lima paucicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843
Species Lima perfecta E. A. Smith, 1904
Species Lima quantoensis Yokoyama, 1920
Species Lima sagamiensis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, 1971
Species Lima spectata (Iredale, 1929)
Species Lima tahitensis E. A. Smith, 1885
Species Lima tetrica Gould, 1851
Species Lima tomlini Prashad, 1932
Species Lima tropicalis (Iredale, 1939)
Species Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)
Species Lima vulgatula Yokoyama, 1922
Species Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
Species Lima zushiensis Yokoyama, 1920

Species Lima ctenara Chemnitz (species inquirenda, non-existing name, possibly a mistyping for tenera Chemnitz, not available)

Subgenus Lima (Lima) Bruguière, 1797 represented as Lima Bruguière, 1797 (alternate representation)

Species Lima abscisa Barnard, 1964 accepted as Divarilima abscisa (Barnard, 1964)
Species Lima aequatorialis Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula aequatorialis (Thiele, 1920)
Species Lima africana Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Limaria africana (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Lima agassizii Dall, 1902 accepted as Acesta agassizii (Dall, 1902)
Species Lima agulhasensis Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920)
Species Lima alata Hedley, 1898 accepted as Ctenoides ales (Finlay, 1927)
Species Lima alba Cuvier, 1797 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lima albicoma Dall, 1886 accepted as Divarilima albicoma (Dall, 1886)
Species Lima ales Finlay, 1927 accepted as Ctenoides ales (Finlay, 1927)
Species Lima angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955 accepted as Acesta angolensis (Adam & Knudsen, 1955)
Species Lima angulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 accepted as Limaria orbignyi (Lamy, 1930)
Species Lima angustata G. B. Sowerby II, 1872 accepted as Limaria angustata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
Species Lima annulata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Ctenoides annulata (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Lima aperta G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 accepted as Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Lima arcuata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 accepted as Limaria pacifica (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Lima aspera Thiele, 1918 accepted as Ctenoides scabra (Born, 1778)
Species Lima auaua Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Limaria auaua (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Species Lima australis E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Limea australis (E. A. Smith, 1891)
Species Lima bartschi Thiele, 1918 accepted as Acesta philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima basilanica Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Limaria basilanica (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Lima bassi Hedley, 1904 accepted as Lima benthonimbifer Iredale, 1925
Species Lima bismarckiana Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula bismarckiana (Thiele, 1920)
Species Lima borneensis Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta borneensis (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima brunnea Hedley, 1901 accepted as Divarilima sydneyensis (Hedley, 1904)
Species Lima brunnea Cooke, 1886 accepted as Ctenoides annulata (Lamarck, 1819)
Species Lima bullata Turton, 1822 accepted as Limaria loscombi (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
Species Lima bullata Suter, 1913 accepted as Limatula maoria Finlay, 1926
Species Lima bullata Oliver, 1915 accepted as Limatula oliveri Powell, 1958
Species Lima bullisi Vokes, 1963 accepted as Acesta bullisi (Vokes, 1963)
Species Lima butonensis Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta butonensis (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima celebensis Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta celebensis (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima ceylanica Thiele, 1920 accepted as In quarantine: not visible on public site
Species Lima clausa Danilo & Sandri, 1856 accepted as Limaria loscombi (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
Species Lima colombiana Vokes, 1970 accepted as Acesta colombiana (Vokes, 1970)
Species Lima colorata Hutton, 1873 accepted as Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
Species Lima concentrica G. B. Sowerby III, 1888 accepted as Ctenoides concentrica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
Species Lima confusa E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Lima crassa Forbes, 1844 accepted as Limea crassa (Forbes, 1844)
Species Lima crocea Pelseneer, 1911 accepted as Acesta rathbuni (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima cubaniana d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Species Lima cumingii G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 accepted as Limaria cumingii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1843)
Species Lima cuneata Petit de la Saussaye, 1869 accepted as Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814)
Species Lima dalli Bartsch accepted as Acesta rathbuni (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima dehiscens Conrad, 1837 accepted as Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Lima deliciosa Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limea deliciosa (Thiele, 1920)
Species Lima densecostata Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula densecostata (Thiele, 1920)
Species Lima dentata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 accepted as Limaria dentata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1843)
Species Lima diomedae Dall, 1908 accepted as Acesta diomedae (Dall, 1908)
Species Lima divaricata Barnard, 1964 accepted as In quarantine: not visible on public site
Species Lima dunkeri Smith, 1885 accepted as Ctenoides lischkei (Lamy, 1930)
Species Lima elliptica Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814)
Species Lima elongata Forbes, 1844 accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Species Lima excavata (Fabricius, 1779) accepted as Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779)
Species Lima exigua Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula exigua (Thiele, 1920)
Species Lima exilis S. V. Wood, 1839 accepted as Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Species Lima falklandica Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula deceptionensis Preston, 1916
Species Lima fenestrata Prashad, 1932 accepted as Limaria fenestrata (Prashad, 1932)
Species Lima fenestrata Pelseneer, 1911 accepted as Limaria fenestrata (Prashad, 1932)
Species Lima floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953 accepted as Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)
Species Lima fragilis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Limaria fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Lima galapagensis Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902 accepted as Limaria pacifica (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Lima gibba Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Limatula gibba (Jeffreys, 1876)
Species Lima gigantea J. E. Gray, 1825 accepted as Crassadoma gigantea (J. E. Gray, 1825)
Species Lima glacialis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Ctenoides scabra (Born, 1778)
Species Lima goliath G. B. Sowerby III, 1883 accepted as Acesta goliath (G. B. Sowerby III, 1883)
Species Lima goodallii Brown, 1844 accepted as Limaria loscombi (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
Species Lima goughensis Melvill & Standen, 1907 accepted as Escalima goughensis (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Lima gwyni accepted as Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
Species Lima hakodatensis Tokunaga, 1906 accepted as Limaria hakodatensis (Tokunaga, 1906)
Species Lima hawaiana Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Limaria hawaiana (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Species Lima hemphilli Hertlein & Strong, 1946 accepted as Limaria hemphilli (Hertlein & Strong, 1946)
Species Lima hians (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Lima hirasei Pilsbry, 1901 accepted as Limaria hirasei (Pilsbry, 1901)
Species Lima hodgsoni E. A. Smith, 1907 accepted as Limatula hodgsoni (E. A. Smith, 1907)
Species Lima hughi Bartsch, 1923 accepted as Acesta philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima imbricata Risso, 1826 accepted as Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Species Lima indica E. A. Smith, 1899 accepted as Acesta indica (E. A. Smith, 1899)
Species Lima inflata Chemnitz accepted as Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Species Lima inflata Link, 1807 accepted as Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Species Lima jacksonensis Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula jacksonensis (Thiele, 1920)
Species Lima japonica Dunker, 1877 accepted as Ctenoides lischkei (Lamy, 1930)
Species Lima jeffreysi P. Fischer, 1882 accepted as Limatula jeffreysi (P. Fischer, 1882)
Species Lima jeffreysi Jefffreys, 1880 accepted as Limatula jeffreysi (P. Fischer, 1882)
Species Lima keohea Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Limaria keohea (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Species Lima kermadecensis Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula insularis Oliver, 1915
Species Lima kowiensis Turton, 1932 accepted as Limea kowiensis (Turton, 1932)
Species Lima lahaina Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Limaria lahaina (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Species Lima laminifera E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limatula laminifera (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Lima lata Smith, 1885 accepted as Lima marioni Fischer, 1882
Species Lima lata Pelseneer, 1911 accepted as Lima tomlini Prashad, 1932
Species Lima leptocarya Melvill, 1898 accepted as Limatula leptocarya (Melvill, 1898)
Species Lima levigata Risso, 1826 accepted as Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Lima limopsis Nomura & Zinbo, 1934 accepted as Limea limopsis (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934)
Species Lima lischkei Lamy, 1930 accepted as Ctenoides lischkei (Lamy, 1930)
Species Lima locklini McGinty, 1955 accepted as Limaria locklini (McGinty, 1955)
Species Lima loscombi G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 accepted as Limaria loscombi (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
Species Lima loscombii Smith, 1885 accepted as Escalima goughensis (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Lima marwicki A. W. B. Powell, 1926 accepted as Limaria orientalis (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Lima mestayerae Marwick, 1924 † accepted as Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
Species Lima millesquamata Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limea millesquamata (Thiele, 1920)
Species Lima mitis Lamarck, 1807 accepted as Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)
Species Lima mori Hertlein, 1952 accepted as Acesta mori (Hertlein, 1952)
Species Lima multicostata (Sowerby II, 1843) accepted as Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924
Species Lima murrayi E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Escalima murrayi (E. A. Smith, 1891)
Species Lima murrayi Powell, 1926 accepted as Escalima regularis Powell, 1955
Species Lima neozelanica Hutton, 1885 accepted as Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
Species Lima niasensis Thiele, 1918 accepted as Acesta niasensis (Thiele, 1918)
Species Lima nivea Risso, 1826 accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Species Lima oblonga S. V. Wood, 1839 accepted as Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Lima opulenta Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limea opulenta (Thiele, 1920)
Species Lima orbignyi Lamy, 1930 accepted as Limaria orbignyi (Lamy, 1930)
Species Lima orcutti Hertlein & Grant, 1972 accepted as Limaria orbignyi (Lamy, 1930)
Species Lima orientalis A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Limaria orientalis (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Lima oshimensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1914 accepted as Ctenoides concentrica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
Species Lima ovalis Thiele, 1912 accepted as Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912)
Species Lima ovata Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Lima pacifica d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Limaria pacifica (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Lima parallela Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Limaria parallela (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Species Lima patagonica Dall, 1902 accepted as Acesta patagonica (Dall, 1902)
Species Lima pellucida C. B. Adams, 1848 accepted as Limaria pellucida (C. B. Adams, 1848)
Species Lima persquamifer Iredale, 1939 accepted as Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)
Species Lima philippinensis Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima profunda Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda & al., 1971 accepted as Lima quantoensis Yokoyama, 1920
Species Lima pusilla Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula leptocarya (Melvill, 1898)
Species Lima pygmaea Philippi, 1845 accepted as Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)
Species Lima rathbuni Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta rathbuni (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima reticulata Leach in Gray, 1852 accepted as Limaria loscombi (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
Species Lima rotundata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 accepted as Limaria rotundata (Sowerby II, 1843)
Species Lima rufanensis Turton, 1932 accepted as Limaria rotundata (Sowerby II, 1843)
Species Lima scabra (Born, 1778) accepted as Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778) accepted as Ctenoides scabra (Born, 1778)
Species Lima siberutensis Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula siberutensis (Thiele, 1920)
Species Lima sibogai Prashad, 1932 accepted as Limatula sibogai (Prashad, 1932)
Species Lima similaris Dall, 1908 accepted as Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908)
Species Lima similis A. S. Jensen, 1912 accepted as Limatula similis (A. S. Jensen, 1912)
Species Lima simillima Thiele, 1912 accepted as Limatula simillima (Thiele, 1912)
Species Lima smithi Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1888 accepted as Acesta smithi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
Species Lima solida Calcara, 1845 accepted as Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779)
Species Lima sowerbyi Deshayes, 1863 accepted as Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)
Species Lima sphoni Hertlein, 1963 accepted as Acesta sphoni (Hertlein, 1963)
Species Lima squamosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 accepted as Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)
Species Lima squamosa Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lima strangei G. B. Sowerby II, 1872 accepted as Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
Species Lima subovata di Monterosato, 1875 accepted as Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)
Species Lima subovata Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)
Species Lima subtilis E. A. Smith, 1895 accepted as Limatula subtilis (E. A. Smith, 1895)
Species Lima sulcata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
Species Lima sulcata T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814)
Species Lima sulculus Lovén, 1846 accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Species Lima suteri Dall, 1908 accepted as Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
Species Lima sydneyensis Hedley, 1904 accepted as Divarilima sydneyensis (Hedley, 1904)
Species Lima symmetrica Barnard, 1964 accepted as Ctenoides symmetrica (Barnard, 1964)
Species Lima tenera Turton, 1825 accepted as Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Lima tenuis Leach in Gray, 1852 accepted as Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Lima thryptica Penna-Neme, 1971 accepted as Limaria thryptica (Penna-Neme, 1971)
Species Lima torresiana E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limea torresiana (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Lima tuberculata (Olivi, 1792) accepted as Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Species Lima unicostata Leach in Gray, 1852 accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Species Lima ventricosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 accepted as Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Species Lima verdensis Bartsch, 1913 accepted as Acesta verdensis (Bartsch, 1913)
Species Lima viali Jousseaume in Lamy, 1920 accepted as Limaria viali (Jousseaume in Lamy, 1920)
Species Lima vitrina T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Lima vladivostokensis Scarlato, 1955 accepted as Limatula vladivostokensis (Scarlato, 1955)
Species Lima vulgaris Scacchi, 1836 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lima weberi Pelseneer, 1911 accepted as Acesta celebensis (Bartsch, 1913)
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Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Lima Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138125 on 2013-05-21
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