MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862

WoRMS taxon details

Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862

AphiaID

140230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140230)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Limapontia G. Johnston, 1836

Original name

Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862

Synonymised names

Limapontia depressa olivaria Gascoigne, 1978 · unaccepted (synonym)

Limapontia depressa var. pellucida Kevan, 1934 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Limapontia depressa olivaria Gascoigne, 1978 accepted as Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862 (synonym)
Variety Limapontia depressa var. pellucida Kevan, 1934 accepted as Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862

Environment

marine

Original description

Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1862). Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of naked Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 3: 10:261-265., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22162433 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140230 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

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Nomenclature

original description Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1862). Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of naked Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 3: 10:261-265., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22162433 [details]

original description (of Limapontia depressa olivaria Gascoigne, 1978) Gascoigne T. (1978). British forms of Limapontia depressa Alder & Hancock, 1862. Journal of Conchology 29: 253-259
page(s): 258 [details]

original description (of Limapontia depressa var. pellucida Kevan, 1934) Kevan D.K. (1934). Limapontia depressa (A. & H.) var. nov. in Scotland. Journal of Conchology. 20: 16. [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Other

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors