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

Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

Lima (Limatula) confusa E. A. Smith, 1885 synonym

Literature

basis of record

Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg

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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885). 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:420752

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2021-04-11 by David Herbert

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