Acesta Explained

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

Species

The World Register of Marine Species registers 29 species.

• Acesta agassizii
• Acesta angolensis
• Acesta arnaudi
• † Acesta backae Stilwell & Mckenzie, 1999
• † Acesta bibbyi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
• Acesta borneensis
• † Acesta brycei Marwick, 1953
• Acesta bullisi
• Acesta celebensis
• Acesta citrina
• Acesta colombiana
• Acesta cryptadelphe
• † Acesta dilatata (Lamarck, 1806)
• Acesta diomedae
• Acesta excavata
• Acesta gabrieli
• Acesta goliath
• † Acesta imitata (Suter, 1917)
• Acesta indica
• † Acesta laticosta Stilwell & Gaździcki, 1998
• Acesta lemuriensis
• † Acesta laticosta Stilwell & Gaździcki, 1998
• Acesta marissinica
• † Acesta marlburiensis (H. Woods, 1917)
• Acesta maui
• Acesta mori
• Acesta niasensis
• Acesta oophaga
• Acesta patagonica
• Acesta philippinensis
• Acesta rathbuni
• † Acesta regia (Suter, 1917)
• Acesta saginata
• † Acesta shackletoni Zinsmeister & Macellari, 1988
• Acesta smithi
• † Acesta snowhillensis (Wilckens, 1910)
• Acesta sphoni
• Acesta verdensis
• Acesta virgo
• † Acesta webbi Zinsmeister & Macellari, 1988

Synonyms

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• Acesta vitrina : synonym of Acestarica vitrina (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015) (superseded combination)

References

• 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.

External links

• Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
• Bartsch, P. (1913). The giant species of the molluscan genus Lima obtained in Philippine and adjacent waters (Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer Albatross, 1907-1910, No. 26). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 45(1978): 235-240, pls. 12-20.