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• Acesta vitrina : synonym of Acestarica vitrina (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015) (superseded combination)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