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...
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family Mactridae Marsh clams, family Corbiculidae File clams, family Limidae Giant clam: Tridacna gigas This clam is native to East Asia and is edible...
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Ctenoides ales (category Limidae)
is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Limidae, the file clams. It is known by the names electric flame scallop, disco...
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thorny oysters (File shells and their allies) Superfamily: Limoidea Family: Limidae, the file shells (Saltwater mussels) Superfamily: Mytiloidea Family: Mytilidae...
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Ctenoides scaber (category Limidae)
is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. Despite their common name, flame scallops are not closely related to true...
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Acestarica (category Limidae)
Acestarica is a genus of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. Acestarica vitrina is the only species in the genus. This species occurs off the...
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Tracy (9 January 2019). "Body size changes in bivalves of the family Limidae in the aftermath of the end-Triassic mass extinction: the Brobdingnag effect"...
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Limaria fragilis (category Limidae)
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...
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Tracy (9 January 2019). "Body size changes in bivalves of the family Limidae in the aftermath of the end-Triassic mass extinction: the Brobdingnag effect"...
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Lima lima (category Limidae)
or the spiny fileclam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. The shell of an adult Lima lima can be as long as 30–79 millimetres (1...
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Limaria hians (category Limidae)
species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. This species is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. The flame shell...
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Plagiostoma (bivalve) (category Limidae)
genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Limidae, the file clams. Plagiostoma aurita Popov 1964 Plagiostoma bellula Morris...
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punctata Banz Hondelange Holzmaden Ohmden Gomaringen Dotternhausen Shells A Limidae file clam. Pleuromya Pleuromya sp. Altdorf Dörlbach Hirschbühler Bach Shells...
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Limaria (category Limidae)
shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae. Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the...
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Jacob D.; Aze, Tracy (2019). "Body size changes in bivalves of the family Limidae in the aftermath of the end-Triassic mass extinction: The Brobdingnag effect"...
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Ctenoides (category Limidae)
Ctenoides is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Limidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Ctenoides ales (Finlay, 1927)...
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Limatula maoria (category Limidae)
Limatula maoria is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland...
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Limea (category Limidae)
Limea is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Limidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Lima claytonensis (Dickerson, 1914) Lima...
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Acesta (category Limidae)
Acesta is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae. The World Register of Marine Species registers 29 species. Acesta agassizii (Dall...
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Lima zealandica (category Limidae)
Lima zealandica is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase...
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Limea pygmaea (category Limidae)
Limea pygmaea is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams. Huber, M. (2010). Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)....
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Limatula suteri (category Limidae)
Limatula suteri is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams. SealifeBase British Antarctic Survey - Map Powell...
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Escalima (category Limidae)
Escalima is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams. Escalima goughensis (Melvill & Standen, 1907) Escalima...
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Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae". Annals of the Natal Museum. 22 (2): 577–622. doi:10...
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Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Th. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010. Ptychatractus...
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Limatula hodgsoni (category Limidae)
Limatula hodgsoni is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams. It is native to the seas around Antarctica. Limatula...
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Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25 Steyn...
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Limatula aupouria (category Limidae)
Limatula aupouria is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams. SealifeBase Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca...
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Escalima regularis (category Limidae)
Escalima regularis is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams. Powell, A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca...
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