Limidae

Lima lima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Limoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Pteriomorphia Ordo: Limida Superfamilia: Limoidea

Familia: Limidae
Genera (19): Acesta – Acestarica – †Antiquilima – Ctenoides – †Ctenostreon – †Dimorphoconcha – Divarilima – †Eolimea – Escalima – Lima – Limaria – Limatula – Limea – Mantellina – †Neoinoceramus – †Palaeolima – †Plagiostoma – †Pseudolimea – †Seymourtula

Name

Limidae Rafinesque, 1815

• Type genus: Lima Bruguière, 1797

Synonyms

• Limatulidae Kasum-Zade, 2003
• Radulidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bernard, F.R. 1988: Five new species of the family Limidae (Bivalvia) from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Venus, 47(4): 225–232. abstract only seen
• Gagnon, J-M., Kenchington, E., Port, A., Anstey, L.J. & Murillo, F.J. 2015. Morphological and genetic variation in North Atlantic giant file clams, Acesta spp. (Bivalvia: Limidae), with description of a new cryptic species in the northwest Atlantic. Zootaxa 4007(2): 151–180. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.1. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Limidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Limidae.
• Limidae – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).
• Limidae in the World Register of Marine Species

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