Limatula
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Limatula, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine
bivalve molluscs in the family
Limidae
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Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
bivalve molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Limidae
Limidae
Limidae is the only family of bivalve molluscs in the order Limoida.-Genera:* Acesta H. and A. Adams, 1858* Divarilima Powell, 1958* Escalima Iredale, 1929 * Lima Bruguière, 1789 * Limaria Link, 1807 * Limatula S. V. Wood, 1839...
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Species
- Limatula attenuata Dall, 1916 - attenuate fileclam
- Limatula aupouriaLimatula aupouriaLimatula aupouria is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams.- References :* * Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1937 - Limatula confusa (E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1885) - confusing fileclam - Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
- Limatula hendersoni Olsson and McGinty, 1958 - henderson fileclam, minute fileclam
- Limatula hyalina A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 - ahyaline fileclam, hyaline fileclam
- Limatula hyperborea A. S. Jensen, 1909 - Arctic fileclam, boreal fileclam
- Limatula japonica A. AdamsArthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
, 1864 - Japan fileclam - Limatula maoriaLimatula maoriaLimatula maoria is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae.- References :* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1927 - Limatula pygmaeaLimatula pygmaeaLimatula pygmaea is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams.- References :* * * * * Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1845) - Limatula regularis A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 - aregular fileclam, regular fileclam
- Limatula saturna Bernard, 1978 - Saturna fileclam, saturnine fileclam
- Limatula setifera Dall, 1886 - bristly fileclam
- Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908) - furrowless fileclam
- Limatula subauriculataLimatula subauriculataLimatula subauriculata, or the small-eared file shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Greenland to the West Indies....
(Montagu, 1808) - small-ear fileclam - Limatula subovata (Jeffreys, 1876)
- Limatula sulcata (Brown, 1827)
- Limatula suteriLimatula suteriLimatula suteri is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae, the file shells or file clams.- References :* * * Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
Dall, 1908 - Limatula vancouverensis Bernard, 1978 - Vancouver fileclam