Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Limoida > Superfamily Limoidea > Family Limidae

Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lima (Limatula)*	S. V. Wood, 1839	synonym

Children

Limatula bisecta J. A. Allen, 2004
Limatula celtica J. A. Allen, 2004
Limatula demiradiata J. A. Allen, 2004
Limatula gibba (Jeffreys, 1876)
Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
Limatula hyperborea Jensen, 1905
Limatula ingolfiana Jensen, 1912
Limatula jeffreysi (P. Fischer, 1882)
Limatula laminifera (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Limatula margaretae J. A. Allen, 2004
Limatula nivea (Brocchi, 1814)
Limatula similis (A. S. Jensen, 1912)
Limatula smithi J. A. Allen, 2004
Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Limatula subauriculata Habe, 1958
Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)
Limatula thalassae J. A. Allen, 2004

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Limatula. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138127