''Limea pygmaea'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
of
bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...
mollusc 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 ...
, the file shells or file clams.
[Huber, M. (2010). Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505622 on 2012-07-13]
References
SealifeBasePhotoPhoto*
Arthur William Baden Powell, Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Dell, R. K. (1990). ''Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea''. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 page(s): 55
* Huber M. (2010) ''Compendium of bivalves''. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp
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Limidae
Bivalves described in 1845