Biology:Lima lima
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Short description: Species of bivalve
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| Lama lima from Sicily on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Limida |
| Family: | Limidae |
| Genus: | Lima |
| Species: | L. lima
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| Lima lima | |
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Lima lima, or the spiny fileclam,[2] is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae.[3]
Description
The shell of an adult Lima lima can be as long as 30–79 millimetres (1.2–3.1 in). The surface of the valves show 18–24 strong ribs[4] covered with small scales. These clams are filter feeders.
Distribution and habitat
This species can be found in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Eastern Atlantic and in Caribbean waters, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies and Bermuda. It lives on rocky bottoms and coral, usually in the seagrass prairies of Posidonia oceanica, at depths of 0 to 50-metre (160 ft).
References
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140233#sources.
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Lima lima". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=79820.
- ↑ Morton, Brian (1979-04-01). "A comparison of lip structure and function correlated with other aspects of the functional morphology of Lima lima , Limaria ( Platilimaria ) fragilis , and Limaria ( Platilimaria ) hongkongensis sp.nov. (Bivalvia: Limacea)" (in en). Canadian Journal of Zoology 57 (4): 728–742. doi:10.1139/z79-091. ISSN 0008-4301. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/z79-091.
- ↑ "Species Page". https://www.rkapeller.eu/species.html?MM_Lima_lima.
Further reading
- Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 32.
- Egidio Trainito; Mauro Doneddu, Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, 2005ª ed., Milano, Il Castello, 2005.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3013838 entry
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