African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Lima tenuis Leach, 1852

AphiaID

540301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:540301)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Lima Bruguière, 1797

Original name

Lima tenuis Leach, 1852

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 348 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lima tenuis Leach, 1852. 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540301 on 2026-08-17

Regional species database citation

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 tenuis Leach, 1852. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540301 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-11-10 15:53:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-11-10 16:07:33Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2022-09-01 21:49:37Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

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Sources (2)

original description Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 348 [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]