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

Acesta
Acesta vitrina
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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

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

Synonyms

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  • 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vitrina (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015): synonym of Acestarica vitrina (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015) (superseded combination)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

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  • 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.
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