Limatula subauriculata
| Limatula subauriculata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Limoida |
| Family: | Limidae |
| Genus: | Limatula |
| Species: | L. subauriculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) | |
Limatula 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.[1]
References
- ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 33.