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Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839

138127  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138127)

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Genus
Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Limatula (Antarctolima) Habe, 1977 · alternative representation
Limatula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 · alternative representation
Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 · alternative representation
Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 · alternative representation
Radula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Squamilima C. A. Fleming, 1978 · unaccepted (objective synonym)

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  1. Species Limatula abyssicola Okutani, 1962
  2. Species Limatula acherontis C. A. Fleming, 1978
  3. Species Limatula aequatorialis (Thiele, 1920)
  4. Species Limatula agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920)
  5. Species Limatula aphrodita Boone, 1928
  6. Species Limatula attenuata Dall, 1916
  7. Species Limatula aupouria A. W. B. Powell, 1937
  8. Species Limatula bisecta J. A. Allen, 2004
  9. Species Limatula bismarckiana (Thiele, 1920)
  10. Species Limatula bullata (Born, 1778)
  11. Species Limatula ceciliaosorioae Gálvez & Wacquez, 2018
  12. Species Limatula celtica J. A. Allen, 2004
  13. Species Limatula ceylanica A. Adams, 1864
  14. Species Limatula chilensis Campusano, Ruz & Oliva, 2012
  15. Species Limatula choshiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1961
  16. Species Limatula colmani C. A. Fleming, 1978
  17. Species Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  18. Species Limatula deceptionensis Preston, 1916
  19. Species Limatula delli C. A. Fleming, 1978
  20. Species Limatula demiradiata J. A. Allen, 2004
  21. Species Limatula densecostata (Thiele, 1920)
  22. Species Limatula domaneschii Oliveira & Absalão, 2008
  23. Species Limatula exigua (Thiele, 1920)
  24. Species Limatula filatovae Okutani, 1975
  25. Species Limatula gibba (Jeffreys, 1876)
  26. Species Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
  27. Species Limatula hendersoni Olsson & McGinty, 1958
  28. Species Limatula hodgsoni (E. A. Smith, 1907)
  29. Species Limatula hyperborea A. S. Jensen, 1905
  30. Species Limatula impendens Kilburn, 1998
  31. Species Limatula ingolfiana A. S. Jensen, 1912
  32. Species Limatula insularis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  33. Species Limatula intercostulata Kilburn, 1998
  34. Species Limatula iredalei C. A. Fleming, 1978
  35. Species Limatula jacksonensis (Thiele, 1920)
  36. Species Limatula japonica A. Adams, 1864
  37. Species Limatula jeffreysi (P. Fischer, 1882)
  38. Species Limatula kinjoi Hayami & Kase, 1993
  39. Species Limatula kurodai Oyama, 1943
  40. Species Limatula laminifera (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  41. Species Limatula leptocarya (Melvill, 1898)
  42. Species Limatula louiseae A. H. Clarke, 1974
  43. Species Limatula maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926
  44. Species Limatula margaretae J. A. Allen, 2004
  45. Species Limatula nippona Habe, 1960
  46. Species Limatula nodulosa A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
  47. Species Limatula oliveri A. W. B. Powell, 1958
  48. Species Limatula ovalis (Thiele, 1912)
  49. Species Limatula ponderi C. A. Fleming, 1978
  50. Species Limatula powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978
  51. Species Limatula pusilla (H. Adams, 1871)
  52. Species Limatula raoulica C. A. Fleming, 1978
  53. Species Limatula regularis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
  54. Species Limatula sanfelixensis Zelaya, Güller & Bieler, 2024
  55. Species Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
  56. Species Limatula setifera Dall, 1886
  57. Species Limatula siberutensis (Thiele, 1920)
  58. Species Limatula sibogai (Prashad, 1932)
  59. Species Limatula siligo C. A. Fleming, 1978
  60. Species Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908)
  61. Species Limatula similis (A. S. Jensen, 1912)
  62. Species Limatula simillima (Thiele, 1912)
  63. Species Limatula smithi J. A. Allen, 2004
  64. Species Limatula spinulosa C. A. Fleming, 1978
  65. Species Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
  66. Species Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
  67. Species Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1803) sensu Habe, 1958
  68. Species Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)
  69. Species Limatula subtilis (E. A. Smith, 1895)
  70. Species Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
  71. Species Limatula tadena (Iredale, 1939)
  72. Species Limatula tensa (Iredale, 1939)
  73. Species Limatula textilis Z.-R. Wang, 1990
  74. Species Limatula thalassae J. A. Allen, 2004
  75. Species Limatula vancouverensis F. R. Bernard, 1978
  76. Species Limatula vermicola Kilburn, 1975
  77. Species Limatula vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978
  78. Species Limatula vladivostokensis (Scarlato, 1955)
  79. Subgenus Limatula (Gemellima) Iredale, 1929 accepted as Limea (Gemellima) Iredale, 1929 represented as Limea Bronn, 1831 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  80. Subgenus Limatula (Limatulella) Sacco, 1898 accepted as Limaria (Limatulella) Sacco, 1898 represented as Limaria Link, 1807 (superseded combination)
    1. Subgenus Limatula (Squamilima) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula (Antarctolima) Habe, 1977 represented as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
    2. Subgenus Limatula (Winckworthia) Glibert & van de Poel, 1965 accepted as Limaria Link, 1807 (unavailable name: no description)
    3. Species Limatula albatrossi "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    4. Species Limatula allobullata "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    5. Species Limatula allomaoria "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    6. Species Limatula andamensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    7. Species Limatula antipodensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    8. Species Limatula arabica "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 accepted as Limatula leptocarya (Melvill, 1898) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    9. Species Limatula arafurensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 accepted as Limatula tadena (Iredale, 1939) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    10. Species Limatula araucana "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    11. Species Limatula baliensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    12. Species Limatula bandensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    13. Species Limatula barbarensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 accepted as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    14. Species Limatula bullata (Born, 1778) sensu W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 accepted as Limatula oliveri A. W. B. Powell, 1958 (misapplication)
    15. Species Limatula burmensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    16. Species Limatula cagayanensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    17. Species Limatula californica F. R. Bernard, 1988 accepted as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
    18. Species Limatula chorisetifera "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    19. Species Limatula cladosetifera "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    20. Species Limatula closei (Hedley, 1916) accepted as Limatula hodgsoni (E. A. Smith, 1907) (synonym)
    21. Species Limatula cochinensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    22. Species Limatula coralensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 accepted as Limatula ponderi C. A. Fleming, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    23. Species Limatula dubia "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    24. Species Limatula elliptica (Jeffreys, 1864) accepted as Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
    25. Species Limatula eltanini "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    26. Species Limatula falklandica A. Adams, 1864 accepted as Limea pygmaea (R. A. Philippi, 1845)
    27. Species Limatula galapagensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    28. Species Limatula georgiensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 accepted as Limatula attenuata Dall, 1916 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    29. Species Limatula guineensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    30. Species Limatula hyalina A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Limaria hyalina (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    31. Species Limatula isoaequatorialis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    32. Species Limatula isobullata "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    33. Species Limatula isosubtilis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    34. Species Limatula keiensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    35. Species Limatula kerguelenensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    36. Species Limatula knudseni "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 accepted as Limatula siberutensis (Thiele, 1920) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    37. Species Limatula koreana "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    38. Species Limatula luzonensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    39. Species Limatula macleani F. R. Bernard, 1988 accepted as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
    40. Species Limatula macmichaeli "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    41. Species Limatula macquariensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    42. Species Limatula madagascariensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    43. Species Limatula mindorensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    44. Species Limatula minuscula "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    45. Species Limatula neocaledonica "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    46. Species Limatula orri "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    47. Species Limatula ovata Jeffreys, 1876 sensu Dall, 1881 accepted as Limatula setifera Dall, 1886
    48. Species Limatula pseudojeffreysi "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    49. Species Limatula pygmaea (R. A. Philippi, 1845) accepted as Limea pygmaea (R. A. Philippi, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    50. Species Limatula siamilensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    51. Species Limatula stegeri "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    52. Species Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) sensu Oyama, 1943 accepted as Limatula bullata (Born, 1778) (misapplication)
    53. Species Limatula sulcata (T. Brown, 1827) accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
    54. Species Limatula suluensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    55. Species Limatula surugensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1803) sensu Habe, 1958 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    56. Species Limatula tawitawensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    57. Species Limatula thailandensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    58. Species Limatula thielei "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    59. Species Limatula tosana Oyama, 1943 accepted as Limea tosana (Oyama, 1943)
    60. Species Limatula tsiukensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    61. Species Limatula woodringi "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    62. Subgenus Limatula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 represented as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
      1. Species Limatula (Limatula) maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926 accepted as Limatula (Stabilima) maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926 represented as Limatula maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926 (superseded combination)
      2. Species Limatula (Limatula) siligo C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula siligo C. A. Fleming, 1978 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
      3. Species Limatula (Limatula) vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted as Limatula (Antarctolima) vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978 represented as Limatula vigilis C. A. Fleming, 1978 (superseded combination)
      4. Species Limatula (Limatula) acherontis C. A. Fleming, 1978 represented as Limatula acherontis C. A. Fleming, 1978
      5. Species Limatula (Limatula) agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920) represented as Limatula agulhasensis (Thiele, 1920)
      6. Species Limatula (Limatula) ceciliaosorioae Gálvez & Wacquez, 2018 represented as Limatula ceciliaosorioae Gálvez & Wacquez, 2018
      7. Species Limatula (Limatula) chilensis Campusano, Ruz & Oliva, 2012 represented as Limatula chilensis Campusano, Ruz & Oliva, 2012
      8. Species Limatula (Limatula) densecostata (Thiele, 1920) represented as Limatula densecostata (Thiele, 1920)
      9. Species Limatula (Limatula) exigua (Thiele, 1920) represented as Limatula exigua (Thiele, 1920)
      10. Species Limatula (Limatula) impendens Kilburn, 1998 represented as Limatula impendens Kilburn, 1998 (basionym)
      11. Species Limatula (Limatula) powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978 represented as Limatula powelli C. A. Fleming, 1978
      12. Species Limatula (Limatula) saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978 represented as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978
      13. Species Limatula (Limatula) similaris (Dall, 1908) represented as Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908)
      14. Species Limatula (Limatula) strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) represented as Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
      15. Species Limatula (Limatula) suteri (Dall, 1908) represented as Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
      16. Species Limatula (Limatula) vermicola Kilburn, 1998 represented as Limatula vermicola Kilburn, 1975
    63. Subgenus Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 represented as Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839
      1. Species Limatula (Stabilima) allobullata "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      2. Species Limatula (Stabilima) bandensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      3. Species Limatula (Stabilima) barbarensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 accepted as Limatula saturna F. R. Bernard, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      4. Species Limatula (Stabilima) cochinensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      5. Species Limatula (Stabilima) coralensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 accepted as Limatula ponderi C. A. Fleming, 1978 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      6. Species Limatula (Stabilima) isobullata "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      7. Species Limatula (Stabilima) keiensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      8. Species Limatula (Stabilima) macmichaeli "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      9. Species Limatula (Stabilima) suluensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      10. Species Limatula (Stabilima) tawitawensis "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      11. Species Limatula (Stabilima) bullata (Born, 1778) represented as Limatula bullata (Born, 1778)
      12. Species Limatula (Stabilima) maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926 represented as Limatula maoria H. J. Finlay, 1926
      13. Species Limatula (Stabilima) ponderi C. A. Fleming, 1978 represented as Limatula ponderi C. A. Fleming, 1978
      14. Species Limatula (Stabilima) strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) represented as Limatula strangei (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872)
      15. Species Limatula (Stabilima) tadena (Iredale, 1939) represented as Limatula tadena (Iredale, 1939)
    64. Species Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814) accepted as Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
    recent + fossil
    feminine
    (of Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839) Wood S. V. (1839). Descriptions of the species of the genus <i>Lima</i> from the Coralline Crag, in the cabinet of Searles Valentine Wood, late curator of the Geological Society of London. <em>Magazine of Natural History.</em> new ser., 3: 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2270235
    page(s): 235 [details] 
    Taxonomy There are seven undescribed subgenera in this genus.  
    Taxonomy There are seven undescribed subgenera in this genus. [details]
    MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138127 on 2025-07-04
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    Nomenclature

    original description (of Limatuletta C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
    page(s): 73 [details] 

    original description (of Stabilima Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Mollusca. Part I. <em>Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929.</em> 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49513635 [details] 

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

    original description (of Squamilima C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
    page(s): 80 [details] 

    original description (of Antarctolima Habe, 1977) Habe, T. (1977). Notes on Antarctolima (n. gen.) hodgsoni (Smith, 1907). <em>Venus.</em> 36: 105-107. [details] 

    original description (of Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
    page(s): 73 [details] 

    original description (of Limatula (Squamilima) C. A. Fleming, 1978) Fleming, C. A. (1978). The bivalve mollusc genus Limatula: a list of described species and a review of living and fossil species in the southwest Pacific. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 8: 17-91.
    page(s): 80 [details] 

    original description (of Gemellima Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(4): 157-189 [4 September 1929]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Iredale-1929-Rec-Aust-Mus-174-157189
    page(s): 166 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
    page(s): 103 [details] 

    Taxonomy

    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] 

    Other

    additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
    page(s): 270 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    additional source 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): 218. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

     
     Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
    Unreviewed
    Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

    Taxonomy There are seven undescribed subgenera in this genus. [details]
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