''Lima'' is a
genus
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of file shells or file clams,
marine
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bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Limidae
The Limidae or file shells are members of the only family of bivalve molluscs in the order Limida. The family includes 130 living species, assigned to 10 genera. Widely distributed in all seas from shallow to deep waters, the species are usua ...
, the file shells, within the subclass Pteriomorphia.
[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.] [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]
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
* ''
Lima attenuata
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of t ...
''
( Dall, 1916)
* † ''
Lima becki''
C. A. Fleming, 1955
* ''
Lima benthonimbifer
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of t ...
''
Iredale, 1925
* ''
Lima bullifera''
Deshayes in Maillard, 1863
* ''
Lima caribaea''
d'Orbigny, 1853
* † ''
Lima carolina''
d'Orbigny, 1850
* † ''
Lima colorata
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of t ...
''
Hutton, 1873
* ''
Lima disalvoi''
Raines, 2002
* ''
Lima fujitai''
Oyama, 1943
* ''
Lima hyperborea
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of t ...
''
Jensen, 1909
* ''
Lima kimthachi''
Thach, 2016
* ''
Lima lima''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) - spiny fileclam
* ''
Lima marioni''
P. Fischer, 1882
* ''
Lima messura''
(Kilburn, 1998)
* ''
Lima nakayasui''
Habe, 1987
* ''
Lima nasca''
(F. R. Bernard, 1988)
* ''
Lima nimbifer''
Iredale, 1924
* ''
Lima ogasawaraensis''
Habe, 1993
* † ''
Lima paleata''
Hutton, 1873
* ''
Lima paucicostata
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
''
G. B. Sowerby II, 1843
* ''
Lima quantoensis
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of t ...
''
Yokoyama, 1920
* † ''
Lima robini
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of t ...
''
C. A. Fleming, 1950
* ''
Lima sagamiensis''
Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, 1971
* ''
Lima sabauriculata''
(Montagu, 1808)
* ''
Lima spectata''
(Iredale, 1929)
* ''
Lima tahitensis''
E. A. Smith, 1885
* ''
Lima tetrica''
Gould, 1851
* ''
Lima tomlini''
Prashad, 1932
* ''
Lima tropicalis''
(Iredale, 1939)
* † ''
Lima vasis''
Marwick, 1928
* ''
Lima vulgaris''
(Link, 1807)
* ''
Lima vulgatula''
Yokoyama, 1922
* † ''
Lima waipipiensis
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of t ...
''
P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919
* † ''
Lima watersi''
Marwick, 1926
* ''
Lima zealandica
''Lima zealandica'' is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphi ...
''
G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
* ''
Lima zushiensis''
Yokoyama, 1920
;Synonyms:
* ''Lima colorata zealandica''
sowerby, 1876: synonym of ''
Lima zealandica
''Lima zealandica'' is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphi ...
''
G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
* ''Lima excavata''
( Fabricius, 1779) - excavated fileclam: synonym of ''
Acesta excavata
''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 borneensis''
*'' Aces ...
''
(Fabricius, 1779)
* ''Lima floridana''
Olsson and Harbison, 1953 - smooth fileclam: synonym of ''
Ctenoides mitis''
(Lamarck, 1807)
* ''Lima hians''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Gmelin's test, a chemical test
* Gmelin database, a German handbook/encyclopedia of inorganic compounds initiated by Leopold Gmelin
People
* Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis ...
, 1791): synonym of ''
Limaria hians
''Limaria hians'', the flame shell, is a species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. This species is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
Biology
The flame shell resembles a scallop with a bright or ...
''
(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
''Limatula'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Species
* '' Limatula attenuata'' Dall, 1916 - attenuate fileclam
* '' Limatula aupouria'' Powell, 1937
* '' Limatula confusa'' ( E ...
''
(Monterosato, 1875)
* ''Lima tenera''
G.B. Sowerby II, 1843: synonym of ''
Ctenoides mitis''
(Lamarck, 1807)
References
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*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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Limidae
Extant Jurassic first appearances
Bivalve genera