''Limatula'', the file shells or file clams, is a genus of
marine bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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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 usually ...
.
Species
* ''
Limatula attenuata''
Dall, 1916 - attenuate fileclam
* ''
Limatula aupouria''
Powell, 1937
* ''
Limatula confusa''
( E. A. Smith, 1885) - confusing fileclam
* ''
Limatula gwyni''
(Sykes, 1903)
* ''
Limatula hendersoni''
Olsson and McGinty, 1958 - henderson fileclam, minute fileclam
* ''
Limatula hodgsoni''
(E. A. Smith, 1907)
* ''
Limatula hyalina''
A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 - ahyaline fileclam, hyaline fileclam
* ''
Limatula hyperborea''
A. S. Jensen, 1909 - Arctic fileclam, boreal fileclam
* ''
Limatula japonica''
A. Adams, 1864 - Japan fileclam
* ''
Limatula maoria''
Finlay, 1927
* ''
Limatula regularis''
A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 - aregular fileclam, regular fileclam
* ''
Limatula saturna''
Bernard, 1978 - Saturna fileclam, saturnine fileclam
* ''
Limatula setifera''
Dall, 1886 - bristly fileclam
* ''
Limatula similaris''
( Dall, 1908) - furrowless fileclam
* ''
Limatula subauriculata''
(Montagu, 1808) - small-ear fileclam
* ''
Limatula subovata''
(Jeffreys, 1876)
* ''
Limatula sulcata''
(Brown, 1827)
* ''
Limatula suteri''
Dall, 1908
* ''
Limatula vancouverensis''
Bernard, 1978 - Vancouver fileclam
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Limatula pygmaea''
(Philippi
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, 1845): synonym of ''
Limea pygmaea'' (Philippi, 1845)
References
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Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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Limidae
Bivalve genera