Limatula

Limatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limida
Superfamily: Limoidea
Family: Limidae
Genus: Limatula
Searles-Wood, 1839
Type species
Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Antarctolima Habe, 1977
  • Gemellima Iredale, 1929
  • Lima (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839
  • Limatula (Antarctolima) Habe, 1977 accepted, alternate representation
  • Limatula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839 accepted, alternate representation
  • Limatula (Limatuletta) C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
  • Limatula (Squamilima) C. A. Fleming, 1978
  • Limatula (Stabilima) Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
  • Limatuletta C. A. Fleming, 1978
  • Radula (Limatula) S. V. Wood, 1839
  • Squamilima C. A. Fleming, 1978 (objective synonym)
  • Stabilima Iredale, 1939

Limatula, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.

Species

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Species brought into synonymy

References

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  • "Limatula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1