Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Limida > Superfamily Limoidea > Family Limidae

Acesta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Lima (Acesta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 synonym
Radula (Acesta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 synonym

Children

Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779)

Literature

additional source

Nolf, F.; Hubrecht, S. (2022). A critical assessment of the genus Acesta (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Limidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, with the description of Acesta lemuriensis sp. nov. Neptunea. 16 (2): 12-40.

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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acesta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138124

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2020-12-09 by Philippe Bouchet

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