Limatula

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Limatula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limida
Superfamily: Limoidea
Family: Limidae
Genus: Limatula
Searles-Wood, 1839
Type species
Pecten subauriculatusMontagu, 1808
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • AntarctolimaHabe, 1977
  • GemellimaIredale, 1929
  • Lima (Limatula)S. V. Wood, 1839
  • Limatula (Antarctolima)Habe, 1977 accepted, alternate representation
  • Limatula (Limatula)S. V. Wood, 1839 accepted, alternate representation
  • Limatula (Limatuletta)C. A. Fleming, 1978 accepted, alternate representation
  • Limatula (Squamilima)C. A. Fleming, 1978
  • Limatula (Stabilima)Iredale, 1939 accepted, alternate representation
  • LimatulettaC. A. Fleming, 1978
  • Radula (Limatula)S. V. Wood, 1839
  • SquamilimaC. A. Fleming, 1978 (objective synonym)
  • StabilimaIredale, 1939

Limatula, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.

Species

Species brought into synonymy

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