WoRMS taxon details
Limatula leptocarya (Melvill, 1898)
505531 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505531)
accepted
Species
Lima (Limatula) leptocarya Melvill, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lima leptocarya Melvill, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lima pusilla Thiele, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limatula arabica "Stuardo, 1968" Huber, 2010 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lima (Limatula) leptocarya Melvill, 1898) Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 28, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 28, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Oman
type locality contained in Gulf of Oman [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limatula leptocarya (Melvill, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505531 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lima pusilla Thiele, 1920) Thiele, J. (1918-1920). Familia Limidae. <i>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz</i>. 7(2a): 1-66, pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Lima (Limatula) leptocarya Melvill, 1898) Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 28, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
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]
original description (of Lima (Limatula) leptocarya Melvill, 1898) Melvill, J. C. (1898). Further investigations into the molluscan fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman, with the descriptions of forty species. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 42(4): 1-40, pls 1-2., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36322938
page(s): 28, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
