Limidae
Acesta smithi (Sowerby, 1888)

Acesta smithi

Description
White or pale yellow, with luster. A part of radial riblets sometimes lost.

Locality
Japan: Hokkaido, Sanriku, Off Tajima, Off Choshi Chiba, Mouth of Tokyo Bay in 250m - 600m, Sagami Bay in 250m - 300m, Suruga Bay Shizuoka, Shima Mie, Kii Peninsula Wakayama.

Original articles of scientific name
1888 Lima smithi Sowerby, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 207, pl. 11, fig. 12.

Original of Japanese name
1932 Tokubei Kuroda.

Remarks
Scientific name and Japanese name are connected to Edgar Albert Smith in Malacological Society of London.


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