MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839

ERMS name details

Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839

AphiaID

742548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:742548)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808 accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Lima Bruguière, 1797

Original name

Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839

Direct children (4)

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Species Lima (Limatula) confusa E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lima (Limatula) crassa Forbes, 1844 accepted as Limea crassa (Forbes, 1844)
Species Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844 accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lima (Limatula) laminifera E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Limatula laminifera (E. A. Smith, 1885) (basionym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Wood S. V. (1839). Descriptions of the species of the genus Lima from the Coralline Crag, in the cabinet of Searles Valentine Wood, late curator of the Geological Society of London. Magazine of Natural History. new ser., 3: 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2270235
page(s): 235 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742548 on 2026-03-25

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742548 on 2026-03-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-10-10 20:26:12Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2018-09-01 07:25:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-04-19 07:38:31Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Wood S. V. (1839). Descriptions of the species of the genus Lima from the Coralline Crag, in the cabinet of Searles Valentine Wood, late curator of the Geological Society of London. Magazine of Natural History. new ser., 3: 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2270235
page(s): 235 [details]

basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 194 [details]

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Limatula subauriculata

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