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Lima Bruguière 1797

Lima (bivalve)

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Lima is a genus of file shells or file clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, the file shells, within the subclass Pteriomorphia.[1] [2]

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

Synonyms
  • Lima colorata zealandica sowerby, 1876: synonym of Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
  • Lima excavata (Fabricius, 1779) - excavated fileclam: synonym of Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779)
  • Lima floridana Olsson and Harbison, 1953 - smooth fileclam: synonym of Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)
  • Lima hians (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Limaria hians (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 (Monterosato, 1875)
  • Lima tenera G.B. Sowerby II, 1843: synonym of Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
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Lima (bivalve): Brief Summary

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Lima is a genus of file shells or file clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, the file shells, within the subclass Pteriomorphia.

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.

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