WoRMS taxon details
Limaria rotundata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1843)
505490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505490)
accepted
Species
Lima rotundata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 · unaccepted
Lima rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted
marine
(of Lima rotundata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1843). Monograph of the genus <i>Lima</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (3): 83-88, pl. 21-22. [23 June]. London (Sowerby). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076309
page(s): 86, pl. 21 fig. 19 [details]
page(s): 86, pl. 21 fig. 19 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limaria rotundata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505490 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lima rotundata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1843). Monograph of the genus <i>Lima</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (3): 83-88, pl. 21-22. [23 June]. London (Sowerby). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076309
page(s): 86, pl. 21 fig. 19 [details]
original description (of Lima rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 223, pl. 57, sp. 1559. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 86, pl. 21 fig. 19 [details]
original description (of Lima rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 223, pl. 57, sp. 1559. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 295 [details]
page(s): 295 [details]
Other
additional source
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 168 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 208. [details]
page(s): 168 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 208. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lima rufanensis W. H. Turton, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Lima rotundata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843)
To Malacopics (Limaria rotundata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1843) South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, u...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Lima rotundata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843)
To Malacopics (Limaria rotundata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1843) South Africa, Western Cape, False Bay, u...
