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Genus of bivalves
Lima
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent
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Spiny fileclam,
Lima lima
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Bivalvia
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Order:
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Limida
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Superfamily:
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Limoidea
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Family:
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Limidae
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Genus:
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Lima Bruguière, 1789
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Type species
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Lima alba Cuvier, 1797
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Synonyms
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- Austrolima Iredale, 1929
- Fukama Kilburn, 1998
- Lima (Lima) Bruguière, 1797· accepted, alternate representation
- Lima (Mantellum) Röding, 1798
- Limaria Rafinesque, 1815 (invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Lima and junior homonym of Limaria Link, 1807)
- Mantellum Röding, 1798
- Meotolima Oyama, 1943
- Radula Mörch, 1853 (invalid: junior homonym of Radula Gray, 1842)
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Lima is a
genus of file shells or file clams,
marine
bivalve
molluscs in the
family
Limidae, the file shells, within the subclass Pteriomorphia.
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The shells are obliquely trigonal, and strongly radially ribbed, the ribs scabrous to spinose.
The soft parts are bright red and many tentacles protrude from the open valves.
Species
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Lima attenuata (
Dall, 1916)
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Lima becki C. A. Fleming, 1955
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Lima benthonimbifer Iredale, 1925
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Lima bullifera Deshayes in Maillard, 1863
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Lima caribaea d'Orbigny, 1853
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Lima carolina d'Orbigny, 1850
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Lima colorata Hutton, 1873
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Lima disalvoi Raines, 2002
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Lima fujitai Oyama, 1943
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Lima hyperborea Jensen, 1909
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Lima kimthachi Thach, 2016
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Lima lima (
Linnaeus,
1758) - spiny fileclam
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Lima marioni P. Fischer, 1882
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Lima messura (Kilburn, 1998)
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Lima nakayasui Habe, 1987
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Lima nasca (F. R. Bernard, 1988)
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Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924
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Lima ogasawaraensis Habe, 1993
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Lima paleata Hutton, 1873
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Lima paucicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843
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Lima quantoensis Yokoyama, 1920
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Lima robini C. A. Fleming, 1950
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Lima sagamiensis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, 1971
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Lima sabauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
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Lima spectata (Iredale, 1929)
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Lima tahitensis E. A. Smith, 1885
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Lima tetrica Gould, 1851
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Lima tomlini Prashad, 1932
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Lima tropicalis (Iredale, 1939)
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Lima vasis Marwick, 1928
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Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)
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Lima vulgatula Yokoyama, 1922
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Lima waipipiensis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919
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Lima watersi Marwick, 1926
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Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
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Lima zushiensis Yokoyama, 1920
- Synonyms
- Lima colorata zealandica sowerby, 1876: synonym of
Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
- Lima excavata (
Fabricius, 1779) - excavated fileclam: synonym of
Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779)
- Lima floridana Olsson and Harbison, 1953 - smooth fileclam: synonym of
Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)
- Lima hians (
Gmelin, 1791): synonym of
Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
- Lima locklini McGinty, 1955 - locklin fileclam, skewed fileclam: synonym of
Limaria locklini (McGinty, 1955)
- Lima pellucida C. B. Adams, 1846 - Antillean fileclam: synonym of
Limaria pellucida (C. B. Adams, 1848)
- Lima scabra (Born, 1778) - rough file clam: synonym of
Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778)
- Lima squamosa Lamarck, 1819): synonym of
Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lima subovata (Jeffreys, 1879) - subovate fileclam: synonym of
Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)
- Lima tenera G.B. Sowerby II, 1843: synonym of
Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)
References
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^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 32.
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^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lima Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at:
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138125 on 2021-05-08