MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844

ERMS name details

Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844

AphiaID

540213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:540213)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)

Rank

Species

Parent

Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 accepted as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839

Original name

Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844

Environment

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

Original description

Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 192 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=540213 on 2026-02-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540213 on 2026-02-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-11-10 15:53:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-11-10 16:07:33Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2014-12-29 19:14:27Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2025-04-19 07:38:31Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 192 [details]

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. (look up in RoR) [details]

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