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

Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Lima (Limatula) elongata*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Lima nivea*	(Brocchi, 1814)	synonym
*Lima sulcata*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Lima sulculus*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Lima unicostata*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Limatula nivea*	(Brocchi, 1814)	synonym; nom. dub.
*Limatula sulcata*	(T. Brown, 1827)	synonym
*Ostrea nivea*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Pecten subauriculatus*	Montagu, 1808	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Lisitsyna, K. N. & Kamenev, G. M. (2024). New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands (northwestern Pacific Ocean): A study of materials collected over 70 years of expeditions (from 1949 to 2019). Zootaxa. 5523(2): 231-253.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808). 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:140242