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Limaria
Sign in to saveLimaria, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Species
Inflated File Shell
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderLimida
- FamilyLimidae
Observations534
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 726
- With media
- 104
- Family
- Limidae
- Collections
- LACM, NHMUK, UWBM, USNM, SDNHM, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Chile
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- Limaria
- taxon name
- Limaria
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Limaria
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Encyclopedic overview
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Limaria, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
==Description== Shells of species in this genus are thin. The valves are swollen and the shells gape at both ends. There are no teeth on the hinge line. When alive, these species can be recognized by the fact that the soft tissues are red and a large number of tentacles are visible beyond the edges of the shell.
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