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Lima Bruguière, 1797

138125  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138125)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Limida (Order)
  8. Limoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Limidae (Family)
  10. Lima (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Fukama Kilburn, 1998 · unaccepted
Limaria Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted (invalid: unnecessary substitute...)  
invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Lima and junior homonym of Limaria Link, 1807
Mantellum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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  1. Species Lima bullifera Deshayes, 1863
  2. Species Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
  3. Species Lima messura (Kilburn, 1998)
  4. Species Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924
  5. Species Lima perfecta E. A. Smith, 1904
  6. Species Lima tomlini Prashad, 1932
  7. Species Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)
  8. Species Lima ctenara Chemnitz (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, non-existing name, possibly a mistyping for tenera Chemnitz, not available)
  9. Species Lima agulhasensis Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limatula agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920) (original combination)
  10. Species Lima angulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 accepted as Limaria orbignyi (E. Lamy, 1930) (invalid: junior homonym of Lima angulata Münster, 1841; L. orbignyi is a replacement name)
  11. Species Lima annulata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Ctenoides annulatus (Lamarck, 1819)
  12. Species Lima ceylanica Thiele, 1920 accepted as Limea tanzaniensis Huber, 2010 accepted as Limea drivasi Kilburn, 1990 (preoccupied by Lima ceylanica A. Adams, 1864; replaced by Limea tanzaniensis Huber, 2010)
  13. Species Lima fragilis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Limaria fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
  14. Species Lima inflata Chemnitz, 1784 accepted as Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
  15. Species Lima kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Limea kowiensis (W. H. Turton, 1932)
  16. Species Lima rotundata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 accepted as Limaria rotundata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1843)
  17. Species Lima sowerbyi Deshayes, 1863 accepted as Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)
  18. Species Lima squamosa Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
  19. Species Lima tenera W. Turton, 1825 accepted as Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
  20. Species Lima tenuis Leach, 1852 accepted as Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bruguière, J. G. (1791-1797). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. [An encyclopedic and methodical table of the three kingdoms of nature. Worms, shells, mollusks and corals.]. <em>Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]Panckoucke, Paris.</em> 180 pp + 92 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): pl. 206 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lima Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138125 on 2026-01-27
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Lima Bruguière, 1797. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138125 on 2026-01-27
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2012-07-16 18:27:26Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-10-20 11:57:08Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2025-12-27 08:55:04Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

original description Bruguière, J. G. (1791-1797). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. [An encyclopedic and methodical table of the three kingdoms of nature. Worms, shells, mollusks and corals.]. <em>Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]Panckoucke, Paris.</em> 180 pp + 92 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072
page(s): pl. 206 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Fukama Kilburn, 1998) Kilburn R.N. (1998) The Limidae of South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia): genera <i>Limaria, Limatula, Divarilima, Ctenoides</i> and <i>Fukama</i>. <i>Annals of the Natal Museum</i> 39: 203-247., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/39/1/AJA03040798_266
page(s): 235 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Mantellum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 160 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Baily, J. L., Jr. (1950). Locomotion in <i>Lima</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 63(4): 112-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520593 [details] 

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. [details] 
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lima) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limaria) (from synonym Limaria Rafinesque, 1815)
To Genbank 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 049863) 
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