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Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) 
AphiaID: 140242

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Limoida (Order) > Limoidea (Superfamily) > Limidae (Family) > Limatula (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
Synonymised
taxa
  Lima elongata Forbes, 1844
Lima nivea Risso, 1826
Lima sulculus Lovén, 1846
Lima unicostata Leach in Gray, 1852
Limatula sulcata (Brown, 1872) (synonymy of Lima sulcata with Limatula subarticulata)
Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: 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]

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: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [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]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Montagu G. (1808) Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter, v + 183 pp., pls. 17–30., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24430722 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

from synonym: de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch kleine vijlschelp (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution British Isles [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
Cuba [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Isle of Man (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Jamaica [details]
Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic [details]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Puerto Rico [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Coast of Scotland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Laurentian Channel (bathyalzone)(=Honguedo Strait); lower North Shore, Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat: bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Images 
Limatula subauriculata
Limatula subauriculata
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Limatula subauriculata (f) sulcata
Limatula subauriculata (f) sulcata
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Limatula subauriculata
Limatula subauriculata
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140242
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140242 on 2013-05-22
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