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]
Lima Temporal range:
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Spiny fileclam, Lima lima | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Limida |
Superfamily: | Limoidea |
Family: | Limidae |
Genus: | Lima Bruguière, 1789 |
Type species | |
Lima alba Cuvier, 1797 | |
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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.