Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Arcida > Superfamily Limopsoidea > Family Limopsidae

Limopsis Sasso, 1827

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Limopsis angusta Jeffreys, 1879
Limopsis anomala (Eichwald, 1830)
Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814)
Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1876
Limopsis tenuis G. Seguenza, 1876

Literature

original description

Sasso, A. (1827). Saggio geologico sopra il Bacino terziario di Albenga. Giornale Ligustico di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 1(5): 467–484 [spelling as "Sassi" is in error]

additional source

Oliver, G.; Allen, J. A. (1980). The functional and adaptative morphology of deep-sea species of the family Limopsidae (Bivalvia: Arcoida) from the Atlantic. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B: Biological Sciences,. 291(1045): 45-125.

additional source

Malchus N. & Warén A. 2005. Shell and hinge morphology of juvenile Limopsis (Bivalvia: Arcoida) - implications for limopsid evolution. Marine Biology Research 1(5): 350-364

additional source

Janssen, R. (2015). A review of the Oligocene Limopsidae of the North Sea Basin (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Geologica Saxonica. 61 (1): 7-33.

additional source

Nicol, D. (1967). How to distinguish between Limopsis and Glycymeris. The Nautilus. 81(2): 45-46.

additional source

Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.

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. Limopsis Sasso, 1827. 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:138132

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.

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2025-02-22 by Maxim Vinarski

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