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

Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758

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 exilis*	S. V. Wood, 1839	synonym
*Lima imbricata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Lima inflata*	Chemnitz, 1784	synonym
*Lima tuberculata*	(Olivi, 1792)	synonym
*Limaria inflata*	Link, 1807	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: file shell sources: Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

Greek: Βεντάλια

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	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	Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
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 tuberculata (Olivi, 1792). 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:140236