Lima (bivalve) explained

Lima is a genus of file shells or file clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, the file shells, within the subclass Pteriomorphia.^{[1] [2]}

The shells are obliquely trigonal, and strongly radially ribbed, the ribs scabrous to spinose.

The soft parts are bright red and many tentacles protrude from the open valves.

Species

• Lima attenuata (Dall, 1916)
• † Lima becki C. A. Fleming, 1955
• Lima benthonimbifer Iredale, 1925
• Lima bullifera Deshayes in Maillard, 1863
• Lima caribaea d'Orbigny, 1853
• † Lima carolina d'Orbigny, 1850
• † Lima colorata Hutton, 1873
• † Lima crenulicosa Roemer, 1849^[3]
• Lima disalvoi Raines, 2002
• Lima fujitai Oyama, 1943
• Lima hyperborea Jensen, 1909
• Lima kimthachi Thach, 2016
• Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) - spiny fileclam
• Lima marioni P. Fischer, 1882
• Lima messura (Kilburn, 1998)
• Lima nakayasui Habe, 1987
• Lima nasca (F. R. Bernard, 1988)
• Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924
• Lima ogasawaraensis Habe, 1993
• † Lima paleata Hutton, 1873
• Lima paucicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843
• Lima quantoensis Yokoyama, 1920
• † Lima robini C. A. Fleming, 1950
• Lima sagamiensis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, 1971
• Lima sabauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
• Lima spectata (Iredale, 1929)
• Lima tahitensis E. A. Smith, 1885
• Lima tetrica Gould, 1851
• Lima tomlini Prashad, 1932
• Lima tropicalis (Iredale, 1939)
• † Lima vasis Marwick, 1928
• Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807)
• Lima vulgatula Yokoyama, 1922
• † Lima wacoensis Roemer, 1849
• † Lima waipipiensis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919
• † Lima watersi Marwick, 1926
• Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
• Lima zushiensis Yokoyama, 1920

Synonyms:

• Lima colorata zealandica sowerby, 1876: synonym of Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877
• Lima excavata (Fabricius, 1779) - excavated fileclam: synonym of Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779)
• Lima floridana Olsson and Harbison, 1953 - smooth fileclam: synonym of Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)
• Lima hians (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
• Lima locklini McGinty, 1955 - locklin fileclam, skewed fileclam: synonym of Limaria locklini (McGinty, 1955)
• Lima pellucida C. B. Adams, 1846 - Antillean fileclam: synonym of Limaria pellucida (C. B. Adams, 1848)
• Lima scabra (Born, 1778) - rough file clam: synonym of Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778)
• Lima squamosa Lamarck, 1819): synonym of Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lima subovata (Jeffreys, 1879) - subovate fileclam: synonym of Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)
• Lima tenera G.B. Sowerby II, 1843: synonym of Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)

References

• • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lima Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138125 on 2021-05-08
3. Roemer, F. (1849). Texas : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung und die physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener Beobachtung. A. Marcus.