Species Lima (Lima) nimbifer Iredale, 1924

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lima nimbifer Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [195, pl. 34, figs. 1-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.90378 Dry, Twofold Bay, NSW.
• Austrolima nimbifer gemina Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [165].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C.1316 Dry, Gulf St Vincent, SA; AM C.4539 Dry, Gulf St Vincent, SA.

 

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

• Austrolima nimbifer (Iredale, 1924). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [12]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Lima multicostata Not of Sowerby, 1843 Auctt.
• Lima (Lima) nimbifer Iredale, 1924.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Huber (2010) extends the range to Melanesia and New Caledonia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Distribution References

General References

Iredale, T. 1925. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 243-270 [Date published 9 April] [251]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [12, sp. 119]

May, W.L. & Macpherson, J.H. 1958. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells revised by J. Hope Macpherson. Hobart : Government Printer 54 pp. [pl. 3, fig. 14]

Stuardo, J. 1968. On the phylogeny, taxonomy and distribution of the Limidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). PhD thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. 327 pp.

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1988. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum revised edition, 207 pp. [160, sp. 589]

 

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
		07-Feb-2013	ADDED