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

Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acesta*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858	accepted genus name
*Lima (Acesta)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858	synonym
*Radula (Acesta)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858	synonym

Species group names

*Lima (Acesta) excavata sublaevis*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	junior homonym
*Lima (Acesta) excavata*	(J. C. Fabricius, 1779)	synonym
*Lima excavata*	(J. C. Fabricius, 1779)	synonym
*Lima excavata sublaevis*	F. Nordsieck, 1969	synonym
*Lima solida*	Calcara, 1845	synonym
*Ostrea excavata*	J. C. Fabricius, 1779	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Norwegian Bokmål: bergskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: bergskjel

Literature

additional source	Järnegren J., Schander C., Sneli J.-A., Rønningen V. & Young C.M. 2007. Four genes, morphology and ecology: distinguishing a new species of Acesta (Mollusca; Bivalvia) from the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology, 152(1): 43-55
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
additional source	López Correa M., Freiwald A., Hall-Spencer J.M. & Taviani M. (2005). Distribution and habitats of Acesta excavata (Bivalvia: Limidae) with new data on its shell ultrastructure, pp. 173-205, in: Roberts J.M & Freiwald A. (eds.) Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer, Berlin & Heidelberg.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acesta excavata (J. C. Fabricius, 1779). 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:140232