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

Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limatula*	S. V. Wood, 1839	accepted genus name
*Lima (Limatula)*	S. V. Wood, 1839	synonym

Species group names

*Lima elongata*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Lima nivea*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Lima sulculus*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Limatula sulcata*	(Brown, 1872)	synonym
*Pecten subauriculatus*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Vulsella margaritacea*	Risso, 1826	synonym

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	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
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	ITIS database
additional source	Montagu G. (1808) Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter, v + 183 pp., pls. 17–30.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808). 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:140242