Limatula subauriculata

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Limatula subauriculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limida
Family: Limidae
Genus: Limatula
Species:
L. subauriculata
Binomial name
Limatula subauriculata
(Montagu, 1808)

Limatula subauriculata, 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]

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References

  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 33.