OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Bivalvia Limoida Limidae 

Lima lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Austrolima benthonimbifer auct
   Austrolima nimbifer auct.
   Limaria vulgaris Link, 1807
   Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)
   Lima multicostata Sowerby, 1843
   Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924
   Lima [Bassi] benthonimbifer Iredale, 1925
   Austrolima nimbifer gemina Iredale, 1929
   Austrolima spectata Iredale, 1929
   Austrolima tropicalis Iredale, 1939
   Lima persquamifer Iredale, 1939

Common Name

Giant File Shell p.140      Coleman, N. 1981.  
Nimbifer File Shell p.284 [as Austrolima nimbifer]      Allan, J. 1950.  
Cloud File Shell p.309 [as Austrolima nimbifer]      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  
Spiny Lima p.44, pl.45D      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p. 9 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.60 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.302 
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia

Keywords

habit: byssally attached 
habit: byssally attached 
habit: nestling 
substrate: coral 
substrate: coral 
substrate: rocks [ ]

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1961. p.110, fig. 95 [ as Austrolima gemina Iredale ]  General reference
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.36, pl. 16, fig. 91 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.309, fig. 351 [ as Austrolima nimbifer ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Limoida
                Limoidea
                  Limidae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Lima Bruguière, 1797
                      Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
                        Lima lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=16427) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-03-03.