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
- â Acesta backae <small>Stilwell & Mckenzie, 1999</small>
- â Acesta bibbyi <small>Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992</small>
- Acesta borneensis
- â Acesta brycei <small>Marwick, 1953</small>
- Acesta bullisi
- Acesta celebensis
- Acesta citrina
- Acesta colombiana
- Acesta cryptadelphe
- â Acesta dilatata <small>(Lamarck, 1806)</small>
- Acesta diomedae
- Acesta excavata
- Acesta gabrieli
- Acesta goliath
- â Acesta imitata <small>(Suter, 1917)</small>
- Acesta indica
- â Acesta laticosta <small>Stilwell & GaÃ
ºdzicki, 1998</small>
- Acesta lemuriensis
- â Acesta laticosta <small>Stilwell & GaÃ
ºdzicki, 1998</small>
- Acesta marissinica
- â Acesta marlburiensis <small>(H. Woods, 1917)</small>
- Acesta maui
- Acesta mori
- Acesta niasensis
- Acesta oophaga
- Acesta patagonica
- Acesta philippinensis
- Acesta rathbuni
- â Acesta regia <small>(Suter, 1917)</small>
- Acesta saginata
- â Acesta shackletoni <small>Zinsmeister & Macellari, 1988</small>
- Acesta smithi
- â Acesta snowhillensis <small>(Wilckens, 1910)</small>
- Acesta sphoni
- Acesta verdensis
- Acesta virgo
- â Acesta webbi <small>Zinsmeister & Macellari, 1988</small>
Synonyms
- Acesta butonensis <small>(Bartsch, 1913)</small>: synonym of Acesta verdensis <small>(Bartsch, 1913)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Acesta iwaotakii <small>Habe, 1961</small>: synonym of Divarilima iwaotakii <small>(Habe, 1961)</small>
- Acesta kronenbergi <small>Thach, 2015</small>: synonym of Acesta marissinica <small>Yamashita & Habe, 1969</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Acesta vitrina : synonym of Acestarica vitrina <small>(Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015)</small> (superseded combination)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.
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