Galapagos Species Database

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Limopsis panamensis Dall, 1902

Concha, Shell

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Bivalvia

Order
Arcida

Superfamily
Limopsoidea

Family
Limopsidae

Genus
Limopsis

Species
panamensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Limopsis (Aspalima) panamensis Dall, 1902, Limopsis diazi Dall, 1908, Limopsis diegensis Dall, 1908, Limopsis juarezi Dall, 1908, Limopsis stimpsoni Dall, 1908 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Dall, W.H. (1908) Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross", from October 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N. commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 43 (6): 205-487 pl. 1-22.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Limopsis panamensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19982. Accessed 4 November 2026.