Acesta

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

Acesta
Acesta vitrina
Scientific classification
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

The World Register of Marine Species registers 29 species.

• Acesta agassizii (Dall, 1902)
• Acesta angolensis (Adam & Knudsen, 1955)
• Acesta arnaudi (Nolf, 2022)
• † Acesta backae Stilwell & Mckenzie, 1999
• † Acesta bibbyi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
• Acesta borneensis (Bartsch, 1913)
• † Acesta brycei Marwick, 1953
• Acesta bullisi (H. E. Vokes, 1963)
• Acesta celebensis (Bartsch, 1913)
• Acesta citrina (Masahito & Habe, 1976)
• Acesta colombiana (H. E. Vokes, 1970)
• Acesta cryptadelphe (Gagnon, Kenchington, Port, Anstey & Murillo, 2015)
• † Acesta dilatata (Lamarck, 1806)
• Acesta diomedae (Dall, 1908)
• Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779)
• Acesta gabrieli (Nolf, 2022)
• Acesta goliath (G. B. Sowerby III, 1883)
• † Acesta imitata (Suter, 1917)
• Acesta indica (E. A. Smith, 1899)
• † Acesta laticosta Stilwell & Gaździcki, 1998
• Acesta lemuriensis (Nolf & Hubrecht, 2022)
• † Acesta laticosta Stilwell & Gaździcki, 1998
• Acesta marissinica (Yamashita & Habe, 1969)
• † Acesta marlburiensis (H. Woods, 1917)
• Acesta maui (B. A. Marshall), 2001
• Acesta mori (Hertlein, 1952)
• Acesta niasensis (Thiele, 1918)
• Acesta oophaga (Järnegren & C. M. Young, 2007)
• Acesta patagonica (Dall, 1902)
• Acesta philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913)
• Acesta rathbuni (Bartsch, 1913)
• † Acesta regia (Suter, 1917)
• Acesta saginata (B. A. Marshall, 2001)
• † Acesta shackletoni Zinsmeister & Macellari, 1988
• Acesta smithi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
• † Acesta snowhillensis (Wilckens, 1910)
• Acesta sphoni (Hertlein, 1963)
• Acesta verdensis (Bartsch, 1913)
• Acesta virgo (Habe & Okutani, 1968)
• † 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 (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015): 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.