Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Limoida > Superfamily Limoidea > Family Limidae > Genus Limaria

Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limaria*	Link, 1807	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lima aperta*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1843	synonym
*Lima hians*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Lima laevigata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Lima linguatula*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Lima tenera*	Turton, 1825	synonym
*Lima vitrina*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Mantellum hians*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Ostrea hians*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Radula hians*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Radula hians var. transiens*	Cerulli-Irelli, 1907	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: llima; petxineta sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: gaping file shale sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: lima ballerina

Spanish, Castillian: lima; peinecillo

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Ávila, S.P.; Cardigos, F.; Santos, R.S. (2004). D. João de Castro Bank, a shallow water hydrothermal-vent in the Azores: checklist of marine Molluscs. Arquipélago (Ciénc. Biol. Mar./Life Mar. Sci.) 21A: 75-80
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	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (12 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140235