Limaria, the file 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 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.
The following species are found within the genus Limaria according to the World Register of Marine Species:[1]
Limaria, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Limaria est un genre de mollusques bivalves de la famille des Limidae. Ces espèces se caractérisent par le grand nombre de tentacules qui sortent des bords de la coquille.
Selon World Register of Marine Species (2 octobre 2013)[2] :
Limaria est un genre de mollusques bivalves de la famille des Limidae. Ces espèces se caractérisent par le grand nombre de tentacules qui sortent des bords de la coquille.
Limaria est genus familiae Limidarum inter bivalvia phyli Molluscorum.
Testae tenues, inaequilaterales, admodum inflatae, antice posticeque hiantes sunt. Cardo est edentulus (sine dentibus cardinis). Partes molles plerumque sunt rubrae clarae, et multa cornicula ex valvis apertis protruduntur.
Species intra genus Limariam sunt:
Situs scientifici: • ITIS • NCBI • Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Life • WoRMS: Marine Species • Fossilworks 
Vide "Limariam" apud Vicispecies. 
Haec stipula ad bivalve spectat. Amplifica, si potes! Limaria is een geslacht van tweekleppigen uit de familie van de Limidae.
Limaria is een geslacht van tweekleppigen uit de familie van de Limidae.
