Limaria
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Limaria is a genus of marine bivalves, specifically file shells or file clams, bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, within the subclass Pteriomorphia.
The shells are thin, inequilateral, moderately inflated, gaping both anteriorly and posteriorly. The hinge is edentulous (without hinge teeth).
The soft parts are usually bright red, and many tentacles protrude from the open valves.
[edit] Species within the genus Limaria
- Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
- Limaria loscombi (G. B. Sowerby, I, 1823)
- Limaria orientalis (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Limaria pellucida (C. B. Adams, 1846) - Antillean fileclam
[edit] References
- Limaria (TSN 79839). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
