Limidae
Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lima lima is a filter-feeding clam species found across parts of the Atlantic and Mediterranean at depths up to 50 m.
Limaria orientalis (A.Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Limaria orientalis (A.Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Limaria orientalis, common name file shell, is a bivalve mollusc in Limidae that occurs in New Zealand.
Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Limaria tuberculata is an almost cosmopolitan bivalve species in the family Limidae.
Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Limaria hians (flame shell) is a small native northeast Atlantic marine bivalve, famous for a large 2012 discovery in Scotland.
Ctenoides ales (Finlay, 1927)
Ctenoides ales (Finlay, 1927)
Ctenoides ales is a flashing tropical Indo-Pacific file clam that reflects ambient light, likely to deter predators.
Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778)
Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778)
Ctenoides scaber, the flame scallop, is a small red herbivorous bivalve that nests in coral and rock pieces and eats phytoplankton.
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