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129 Species in Family Limidae
Nominal species list for Limidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Notolimea crassa (Forbes, 1844)
Limea subovata (Jeffreys, 1876) Subovate fileclam
Limea sarsii (Loven, 1846)
Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)
Limea limopsis (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934)
Limea lirata Allen, 2004
Limea bronniana Dall, 1886 Dwarf fileclam
Limea clandestina (Salas, 1994)
Limatula vigilis Fleming, 1978
Limea argentineae Allen, 2004
Limatula vancouverensis Bernard, 1978
Limatula tosana Oyama, 1943
Limatula textilis Wang, 1990
Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
Limatula sulcata (Brown, 1827)
Limatula subovata (Jeffreys, 1876)
Limatula spinulosa Fleming, 1978
Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) Small-ear fileclam
Limatula simillima (Thiele, 1912)
Limatula sibogai (Prashad, 1932)
Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908) Furrowless fileclam
Limatula setifera Dall, 1886 Bristly fileclam
Limatula raoulica Fleming, 1978
Limatula regularis Verrill & Bush, 1898 Regular fileclam
Limatula saturna Bernard, 1978 Saturna fileclam
Limatula powelli Fleming, 1978
Limatula ponderi Fleming, 1978
Limatula ovalis Thiele, 1912
Limatula oliveri Powell, 1958
Limatula nodulosa Verrill & Bush, 1898
Limatula louiseae Clarke, 1974
Limatula maoria Finlay, 1927
Limatula margaretae Allen, 2004
Limatula laminifera (Smith, 1885)
Limatula kawamurai (Masahito & Habe, 1972)
Limatula insularis Oliver, 1915
Limatula japonica Adams, 1864 Japan fileclam
Limatula hyperborea Jensen, 1909 Arctic fileclam
Limatula hyalina Verrill & Bush, 1898 Hyaline fileclam
Limatula hendersoni Olsson & McGinty, 1958 Minute fileclam
Limatula hodgsoni Smith, 1907
Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
Limatula fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Limatula delli Fleming, 1978
Limatula domaneschii Oliveira & Absalao, 2008
Limatula deceptionensis Preston, 1916
Limatula attenuata Dall, 1916 Attenuate fileclam
Limatula aupouria Powell, 1937
Limatula bullata (Born, 1780)
Limatula confusa (Smith, 1885) Confusing fileclam
Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Limatula acherontis Fleming, 1978
Limaria perfragile Habe & Kosuge, 1966
Limaria thryptica (Penna, 1971)
Limaria pellucida (Adams, 1846) Antillean fileclam
Limaria paralella (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Limaria loscombi (Sowerby, 1823)
Limaria orientalis (Adam & Reeve, 1850) File shell
Limaria locklini (McGinty, 1955) Skewed fileclam
Limaria keohea (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Limaria kawamurai Masahito & Habe, 1972
Limaria inflata (Lamarck, 1807)
Limaria hongkongensis Morton, 1979
Limaria hirasei (Pilsbry, 1901)
Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791) Gaping file shale
Limaria hemphilli (Hertlein & Strong, 1946) Hemphill fileclam
Limaria cumingii (Sowerby II, 1843)
Limaria fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Limaria basilanica (Adams & Reeve, 1850) File clam
Limaria amakusaensis (Habe, 1960)
Lima zelandica Sowerby, 1876
Lima tomlini Prashad, 1932
Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807) Common file shell
Lima tahitensis Smith, 1885
Lima subovata Jeffreys, 1879
Lima sabauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Lima quantoensis Yokoyama, 1920
Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924
Lima pellucida Adams, 1846
Lima nakayasui Habe, 1987
Lima marioni Fischer, 1882
Lima loscombi Sowerby, 1823
Lima inflata (Chemnitz, 1784)
Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) Spiny fileclam
Lima hyperborea Jensen, 1909
Lima fujitai Oyama, 1946
Lima hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Lima floridana Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Smooth fileclam
Lima disalvoi Raines, 2002
Lima cubaniana d'Orbigny, 1853
Lima caribaea d'Orbigny, 1853
Lima bullifera Deshayes, 1863
Lima attenuata (Dall, 1916)
Isolima limopsis (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934)
Escalima goughensis (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Escalima regularis Powell, 1955
Divarilima elegans Hayami & Kase, 1993
Divarilima sydneyensis (Hedley, 1904)
Divarilima albicoma (Dall, 1886)
Ctenoides vokesi Mikkelsen & Bieler, 2003
Ctenoides suavis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Ctenoides scabra (Born, 1778) Rough fileclam
Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778) Flame scallop
Ctenoides planulatus (Dall, 1886)
Ctenoides sanctipauli Stuardo, 1982
Ctenoides philippinarum (Masahito & Habe, 1972)
Ctenoides planulata (Dall, 1886)
Ctenoides obliqua Mikkelsen & Bieler, 2003
Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1818)
Ctenoides miamiensis Mikkelsen & Bieler, 2003
Ctenoides concentrica (Sowerby, 1888)
Ctenoides lischkei (Lamy, 1930)
Ctenoides annulatus (Lamarck, 1819)
Ctenoides ales (Finlay, 1927) Electric flame scallop
Acesta smithi (Sowerby, 1880)
Acesta saginata Marshall, 2001
Acesta rathbuni (Bartsch, 1913) Rathbun's giant file shell
Acesta philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913)
Acesta patagonica (Dall, 1902) Deep-water coral clam
Acesta oophaga (Järnegren, Schander & Young, 2007)
Acesta maui Marshall, 2001 Giant file shell
Acesta marissinica Yamashita & Habe, 1969
Acesta lemuriensis Nolf & Hubrecht, 2022
Acesta gabrieli Nolf, 2022
Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779) Excavated fileclam
Acesta colombiana (Vokes, 1970)
Acesta bullisi (Vokes, 1963)
Acesta arnaudi Nolf, 2022
Acesta angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955
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