''Limea'' is a genus of

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 ...

s belonging to 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 species, assigned to 10 genera. Widely distributed in all seas from shallow to deep waters, the species are usua ...

. The genus has

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...

. Species: *'' Lima claytonensis'' *'' Lima margineplicata'' *'' Limea alticosta'' *'' Limea argentinae'' *'' Limea australis'' *'' Limea austrina'' *'' Limea broccha'' *'' Limea bronniana'' *'' Limea chathamensis'' *'' Limea clandestina'' *'' Limea coani'' *'' Limea crassa'' *'' Limea crenocostata'' *'' Limea delanouei'' *'' Limea deliciosa'' *'' Limea inconspicua'' *'' Limea juglandula'' *'' Limea kowiensis'' *'' Limea lata'' *'' Limea limopsis'' *'' Limea lirata'' *'' Limea millesquamata'' *'' Limea murrayi'' *'' Limea opulenta'' *'' Limea parvula'' *'' Limea pectinata'' *'' Limea pygmaea'' *'' Limea riparia'' *'' Limea sarsii'' *'' Limea solida'' *'' Limea strigilata'' *'' Limea tenuisculptata'' *'' Limea torresiana'' *'' Limea tosana'' *'' Limea transenna''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3805345 Limidae Bivalve genera