Hong Kong Register of Marine Species

HKRMS taxon details

Limaria Link, 1807

Limaria tuberculata

AphiaID

138126 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138126)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Limidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Limaria Link, 1807

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Species Limaria fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Limaria hirasei (Pilsbry, 1901)
Species Limaria hongkongensis B. Morton, 1979
Species Limaria orientalis (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Limaria pluridentata "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 accepted as Limaria hongkongensis B. Morton, 1979 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 157 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limaria Link, 1807. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138126 on 2026-01-15

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Limaria Link, 1807. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138126 on 2026-01-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-07-16 18:27:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-12-10 09:05:05Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-09-12 11:33:20Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2024-12-28 11:21:17Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

2025-04-02 15:27:36Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

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original description Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 157 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Kilburn R.N. (1998) The Limidae of South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia): genera Limaria, Limatula, Divarilima, Ctenoides and Fukama. Annals of the Natal Museum 39: 203-247., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/39/1/AJA03040798_266
page(s): 205. [details] Available for editors

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

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]

subsequent type designation Winckworth R. (1930). Notes in nomenclature 6. Lima and allied genera. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 19 (3): 115-116
page(s): 116 [details] Available for editors