Biology:Limatula

Short description: Genus of bivalves

Limatula
Scientific 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

• Limatula attenuata Dall, 1916 - attenuate fileclam
• Limatula aupouria Powell, 1937
• Limatula confusa (E. A. Smith, 1885) - confusing fileclam
• Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
• Limatula hendersoni Olsson and McGinty, 1958 - henderson fileclam, minute fileclam
• Limatula hodgsoni (E. A. Smith, 1907)
• 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. Adams, 1864 - Japan fileclam
• Limatula maoria Finlay, 1927
• 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 subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) - small-ear fileclam
• Limatula subovata (Jeffreys, 1876)
• Limatula sulcata (Brown, 1827)
• Limatula suteri Dall, 1908
• Limatula vancouverensis Bernard, 1978 - Vancouver fileclam

Species brought into synonymy

• Limatula pygmaea (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)

References

• "Limatula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=79826. 
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Wikidata ☰ Q530148 entry