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

Limaria loscombi (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limaria*	Link, 1807	accepted genus name
*Limaria (Limaria)*	Link, 1807	synonym
*Limaria (Limatulella)*	Sacco, 1898	synonym
*Radula (Limatulella)*	Sacco, 1898	synonym

Species group names

*Lima loscombei*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Lima bullata*	W. Turton, 1822	synonym
*Lima loscombi*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1823	synonym
*Limea loscombii*	(G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: scheve vijlschelp

Literature

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	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.
additional source	Kilburn R.N. (1998) The Limidae of South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia): genera Limaria, Limatula, Divarilima, Ctenoides and Fukama. Annals of the Natal Museum 39: 203-247.
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. Limaria loscombi (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823). 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:153952