WoRMS taxon details
Limidae Rafinesque, 1815
AphiaID: 1778
AphiaID: 1778
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pteriomorphia (Subclass) > Limoida (Order) > Limoidea (Superfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Limoidea | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Limatulidae Kasum-Zade, 2003 Radulidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [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] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Acesta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 Genus Ctenoides Mörch, 1853 Genus Divarilima Powell, 1958 Genus Escalima Iredale, 1929 Genus Fukama Kilburn, 1998 Genus Lima Bruguière, 1797 Genus Limaria Link, 1807 Genus Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839 Genus Limatuletta Fleming, 1978 Genus Limea Bronn, 1831 Genus Notolimea Iredale, 1924 Genus Stabilima Iredale, 1939 Genus Austrolima Iredale, 1929 accepted as Lima Bruguière, 1797 Genus Divaricolima Rovereto, 1898 accepted as Ctenoides Mörch, 1853 Genus Isolimea Iredale, 1929 accepted as Limea Bronn, 1831 Genus Limaea Gray, 1847 accepted as Limea Bronn, 1831 Genus Limaria Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Lima Bruguière, 1797 Genus Mantellum Röding, 1798 accepted as Lima Bruguière, 1797 Genus Meotolima Oyama, 1943 accepted as Lima Bruguière, 1797 Genus Plicacesta Vokes, 1963 accepted as Acesta (Plicacesta) Vokes, 1963 represented as Acesta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 Genus Promantellum Iredale, 1939 accepted as Limaria (Promantellum) Iredale, 1939 represented as Limaria Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Lima Bruguière, 1797 Genus Radula Mörch, 1853 accepted as Lima Bruguière, 1797 Genus Submantellum Olsson & Harbison, 1953 accepted as Limaria Link, 1807 Genus Winckworthia Glibert & van de Poel, 1965 accepted as Limaria Link, 1807 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Family Limidae in separate superfamily 'Limacea' in Sheppard 1984 [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1778 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Limidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1778 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||||||||
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