Species Acesta (Callolima) philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lima (Callolima) philippinensis Bartsch, P. 1913. The giant species of the molluscan genus Lima obtained in Philippine and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45: 235-240, pls 12-20 [237, pl. 14, 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 256976, 190 fathoms, station 5373, off the outer Tayabas Light [13°40'N, 121°3110''E].
• Lima (Callolima) smithi Bartsch, P. 1913. The giant species of the molluscan genus Lima obtained in Philippine and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45: 235-240, pls 12-20 [236, figs 12-13] [junior homonym; of Lima smithi Sowerby, 1888].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 256977, 432 fathoms, station 5533, off Baliscasag Island, Philippines, on green mud and sand bottom.
• Lima (Acesta) bartschi Thiele, J. 1918. Familia Limidae. pp. 1-24, pls 1-5 in Küster, H.C., W. Kobelt & F. Haas. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2/4a. [p. 20, pl. 5, fig. 1, pl. 8, fig. 7] [replacement name; new name for Lima (Callolima) smithi Bartsch, 1913].
• Lima hughi Bartsch, P. 1923. Lima hughi New Name. Nautilus 37(2): 69-70 [69-70] [replacement name; new name for Lima (Calliolima) smithi Bartsch, 1913].
• Acesta (Callolima) marissinica Yamashita, H. & Habe, T. 1969. A new Acesta from East and South China Seas (Limidae). Venus 27: 133-136, pl. 8, fig. 1 [133-136, pl. 8, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype East China Sea offf Amami Oshima, Japan.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [On the CD]

 

Generic Combinations

• Acesta (Callolima) philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913).
• Acesta philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913). —
  Loch, I. 1989. New limid for Australia. Australian Shell News 68: 1 [1]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific. Presence in Australia based on AMS specimen C.158034 (Coral Sea, south of Murray Island, QLD).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Loch, I. 1989. New limid for Australia. Australian Shell News 68: 1 (first record from Australia, with synonymy followed in part herein)

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [891, pl. 443, fig. 10; 893, pl. 444, fig. 11] (As Acesta marissinica and Acesta smithi)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
28-Jul-2014		28-Jul-2014	MOVED
11-Feb-2013		11-Feb-2013	MOVED
		17-Jan-2011	ADDED