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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Acesta (Genus)
> saginata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acesta (Acesta) H. & A. Adams, 1858 accepted, alternate representation
=Acesta (Callolima) Bartsch, 1913 accepted, alternate representation
=Acesta (Plicacesta) H.E. Vokes, 1963 accepted, alternate representation
=Lima (Acesta) H. & A. Adams, 1858
=Lima (Plicacesta) H.E. Vokes, 1963
=Plicacesta H.E. Vokes, 1963
Images: Acesta saginata B.A. Marshall, 2001
Holotype, collected 23 Apr 1990, off Curtis Island, S Kermadec Ridge, NZ (M.272523). 70mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Paratype, collected 19 Jan 1999, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.147329). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Paratype, collected 19 Jan 1999, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.147329). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
LIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Limida (Order)
> Limoidea (Superfamily)
> Limidae (Family)
> Acesta (Genus)
> saginata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acesta (Acesta) H. & A. Adams, 1858 accepted, alternate representation
=Acesta (Callolima) Bartsch, 1913 accepted, alternate representation
=Acesta (Plicacesta) H.E. Vokes, 1963 accepted, alternate representation
=Lima (Acesta) H. & A. Adams, 1858
=Lima (Plicacesta) H.E. Vokes, 1963
=Plicacesta H.E. Vokes, 1963
Details: Acesta saginata B.A. Marshall, 2001
Size/Grows to:
Height 95mm, Width 70mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, W of Cape Reinga, NW of Antipodes Islands and Chatham Rise, from 1050-1145m
Type Data:
  • Off Curtis Island, southern Kermadec Ridge, NZ, (holotype)
  • 1050 metres, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2001 The genus Acesta H. & A. Adams, 1858 in the south-west Pacific (Bivalvia: Limidae). p97-109 in P. Bouchet and B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-sea Benthos, volume 22, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 185 (p.103) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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