| Limaria | |
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| Two live Limaria hians in Loch Carron, Scotland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Limida |
| Family: | Limidae |
| Genus: | Limaria Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Species | |
| See text | |
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.
Species
The following species are found within the genus Limaria according to the World Register of Marine Species:[1]
References
- ^ Gofas, Serge (2010). "Limaria Link, 1807". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- "Limaria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1