''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a
genus of
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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 Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hinge line.
When alive, these species can be recognized by the fact that the soft tissues are red and a large number of tentacles are visible beyond the edges of the shell.
Species
The following species are found within the genus ''Limaria'' according to the World Register of Marine Species:
* ''
Limaria africana''
(Bartsch, 1915)
* ''
Limaria amakusaensis''
(Habe, 1960)
* ''
Limaria angustata''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1872)
* ''
Limaria arcuata''
Turton, 1932
* ''
Limaria auaua''
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
* ''
Limaria basilanica''
(Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* ''
Limaria cumingii''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1843)
* ''
Limaria dentata''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1843)
* ''
Limaria fenestrata''
(Prashad, 1932)
* ''
Limaria fragilis
''Limaria fragilis'', the fragile file clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. It is found in shallow waters in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and has the ability to swim.
Description
The fragile file clam has a pair of hinge ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Limaria hakodatensis
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the h ...
''
(Tokunaga, 1906)
* ''
Limaria hawaiana''
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
* ''
Limaria hemphilli''
(Hertlein & Strong, 1946)
* ''
Limaria hians''
( Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Limaria hirasei''
(Pilsbry, 1901)
* ''
Limaria hyalina
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
(Verrill & Bush, 1898)
* ''
Limaria keohea
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
* ''
Limaria kiiensis
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
(Oyama, 1943)
* ''
Limaria lahaina
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
* ''
Limaria locklini
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
(McGinty, 1955)
* ''
Limaria loscombi
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby, I, 1823)
* ''
Limaria orbignyi
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
(Lamy, 1930)
* ''
Limaria orientalis
''Limaria orientalis'', common name the file shell, is a bivalve mollusc
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''
(Adams & Reeve
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, 1850)
* ''
Limaria pacifica
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
(d'Orbigny, 1846)
* ''
Limaria parallela''
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
* ''
Limaria pellucida
''Limaria pellucida'', the Antillean file shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae
The Limidae or file shells are members of the only family of bivalve molluscs in the order Limida. The family includes 130 living specie ...
''
(C. B. Adams, 1846) - Antillean fileclam
* ''
Limaria perfragilis''
(Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
* ''
Limaria rotundata''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1843)
* ''
Limaria stertum''
(Iredale, 1939)
* ''
Limaria thryptica
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
(Penna-Neme, 1971)
* ''
Limaria tuberculata
''Limaria tuberculata'' is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Limidae.
The species has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or m ...
''
(Olivi, 1792)
* ''
Limaria valdiviesae
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
F. R. Bernard, 1988
* ''
Limaria viali
''Limaria'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Description
Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hin ...
''
(Jousseaume in Lamy, 1920)
References
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Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3014257
Limidae
Bivalve genera