Lima (bivalve)

Lima; Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Spiny fileclam, Lima lima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Limida
Superfamily:	Limoidea
Family:	Limidae
Genus:	Lima; Bruguière, 1789
Type species
	Lima alba Cuvier, 1797;
Synonyms
	Austrolima Iredale, 1929; Fukama Kilburn, 1998; Lima (Lima) Bruguière, 1797· accepted, alternate representation; Lima (Mantellum) Röding, 1798; Limaria Rafinesque, 1815 (invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Lima and junior homonym of Limaria Link, 1807); Mantellum Röding, 1798; Meotolima Oyama, 1943; Radula Mörch, 1853 (invalid: junior homonym of Radula Gray, 1842);

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[]

(Dall, 1916)
† C. A. Fleming, 1955
Iredale, 1925
Deshayes in Maillard, 1863
d'Orbigny, 1853
† d'Orbigny, 1850
† Hutton, 1873
Raines, 2002
Oyama, 1943
Jensen, 1909
Thach, 2016
Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) - spiny fileclam
P. Fischer, 1882
(Kilburn, 1998)
Habe, 1987
(F. R. Bernard, 1988)
Iredale, 1924
Habe, 1993
† Hutton, 1873
G. B. Sowerby II, 1843
Yokoyama, 1920
† C. A. Fleming, 1950
Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, 1971
(Montagu, 1808)
(Iredale, 1929)
E. A. Smith, 1885
Gould, 1851
Prashad, 1932
(Iredale, 1939)
† Marwick, 1928
(Link, 1807)
Yokoyama, 1922
† P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919
† Marwick, 1926
Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
Yokoyama, 1920

Synonyms

Lima colorata zealandica sowerby, 1876: synonym of Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
Lima excavata (Fabricius, 1779) - excavated fileclam: synonym of (Fabricius, 1779)
Lima floridana Olsson and Harbison, 1953 - smooth fileclam: synonym of (Lamarck, 1807)
Lima hians (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Lima locklini McGinty, 1955 - locklin fileclam, skewed fileclam: synonym of (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 (Monterosato, 1875)
Lima tenera G.B. Sowerby II, 1843: synonym of (Lamarck, 1807)

References[]

^ 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.
^ 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

"Lima". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

[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.

[WoRMS-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 Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Spiny fileclam, Lima lima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Limida
Superfamily:	Limoidea
Family:	Limidae
Genus:	Lima Bruguière, 1789
Type species
Lima alba Cuvier, 1797
Synonyms
Austrolima Iredale, 1929 Fukama Kilburn, 1998 Lima (Lima) Bruguière, 1797· accepted, alternate representation Lima (Mantellum) Röding, 1798 Limaria Rafinesque, 1815 (invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Lima and junior homonym of Limaria Link, 1807) Mantellum Röding, 1798 Meotolima Oyama, 1943 Radula Mörch, 1853 (invalid: junior homonym of Radula Gray, 1842)