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

Limaria Link, 1807

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limaria (Limaria)*	Link, 1807	synonym; alternate representation
*Limaria (Limatulella)*	Sacco, 1898	synonym; alternate representation
*Radula (Limatulella)*	Sacco, 1898	synonym

Children

Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Limaria loscombi (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)

Literature

original description	Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808].
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	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.
additional source	Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 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.
subsequent type designation	Winckworth R. (1930). Notes in nomenclature 6. Lima and allied genera. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 19 (3): 115-116

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limaria Link, 1807. 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:138126

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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.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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