Acesta

Summary

Acesta is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.[1]

Acesta
Acesta vitrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limida
Superfamily: Limoidea
Family: Limidae
Genus: Acesta
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
Synonyms
  • Acesta (Acesta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 · alternate representation
  • Acesta (Callolima) Bartsch, 1913 · alternate representation
  • Acesta (Plicacesta) H. E. Vokes, 1963 · alternate representation
  • Lima (Acesta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
  • Lima (Callolima) Bartsch, 1913 (original rank)
  • Lima (Plicacesta) H. E. Vokes, 1963
  • Plicacesta H. E. Vokes, 1963
  • Radula (Acesta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (original rank)

Species edit

The World Register of Marine Species registers 29 species.[1]

  • Acesta agassizii (Dall, 1902)
  • Acesta angolensis (Adam & Knudsen, 1955)
  • Acesta arnaudi (Nolf, 2022)
  • Acesta backae Stilwell & Mckenzie, 1999
  • Acesta bibbyi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
  • Acesta borneensis (Bartsch, 1913)
  • Acesta brycei Marwick, 1953
  • Acesta bullisi (H. E. Vokes, 1963)
  • Acesta celebensis (Bartsch, 1913)
  • Acesta citrina (Masahito & Habe, 1976)
  • Acesta colombiana (H. E. Vokes, 1970)
  • Acesta cryptadelphe (Gagnon, Kenchington, Port, Anstey & Murillo, 2015)
  • Acesta dilatata (Lamarck, 1806)
  • Acesta diomedae (Dall, 1908)
  • Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779)
  • Acesta gabrieli (Nolf, 2022)
  • Acesta goliath (G. B. Sowerby III, 1883)
  • Acesta imitata (Suter, 1917)
  • Acesta indica (E. A. Smith, 1899)
  • Acesta laticosta Stilwell & Gaździcki, 1998
  • Acesta lemuriensis (Nolf & Hubrecht, 2022)
  • Acesta laticosta Stilwell & Gaździcki, 1998
  • Acesta marissinica (Yamashita & Habe, 1969)
  • Acesta marlburiensis (H. Woods, 1917)
  • Acesta maui (B. A. Marshall), 2001
  • Acesta mori (Hertlein, 1952)
  • Acesta niasensis (Thiele, 1918)
  • Acesta oophaga (Järnegren & C. M. Young, 2007)
  • Acesta patagonica (Dall, 1902)
  • Acesta philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913)
  • Acesta rathbuni (Bartsch, 1913)
  • Acesta regia (Suter, 1917)
  • Acesta saginata (B. A. Marshall, 2001)
  • Acesta shackletoni Zinsmeister & Macellari, 1988
  • Acesta smithi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
  • Acesta snowhillensis (Wilckens, 1910)
  • Acesta sphoni (Hertlein, 1963)
  • Acesta verdensis (Bartsch, 1913)
  • Acesta virgo (Habe & Okutani, 1968)
  • Acesta webbi Zinsmeister & Macellari, 1988

Synonyms edit

  • Acesta butonensis (Bartsch, 1913): synonym of Acesta verdensis (Bartsch, 1913) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Acesta iwaotakii Habe, 1961: synonym of Divarilima iwaotakii (Habe, 1961)
  • Acesta kronenbergi Thach, 2015: synonym of Acesta marissinica Yamashita & Habe, 1969 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Acesta vitrina (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015): synonym of Acestarica vitrina (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015) (superseded combination)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Acesta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Vokes, H.E. (1963). Studies on Tertiary and Recent giant Limidae. Tulane Studies in Geology. 1(2): 73-92, 2 pls.
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

External links edit

  • Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  • Bartsch, P. (1913). The giant species of the molluscan genus Lima obtained in Philippine and adjacent waters (Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer Albatross, 1907-1910, No. 26). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 45(1978): 235-240, pls. 12-20.