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Family: Limidae file shells



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Acesta angolensis
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Acesta arnaudi
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Acesta bullisi
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic

Acesta colombiana(Vokes, 1970)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Acesta colombiana
[]
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Max. Length 11.3 cm DL
 
Acesta excavata
[Excavated fileclam]
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Acesta gabrieli
[]
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Acesta lemuriensis
[]
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Acesta marissinica
[]
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Acesta maui
[Giant file shell]
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Acesta oophaga
[]
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Acesta patagonica
[Deep-water coral clam]
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Acesta philippinensis
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 21 cm SHH
Acesta rathbuni(Bartsch, 1913)

Photo by FAO
 
Acesta rathbuni
[Rathbun's giant file shell]
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Acesta saginata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific

Acesta smithi(Sowerby, 1880)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Acesta smithi
[]

Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific.

Ctenoides ales(Finlay, 1927)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Ctenoides ales
[Electric flame scallop]
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Ctenoides annulatus
[]
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Ctenoides concentrica
[]
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Ctenoides lischkei
[]
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Ctenoides miamiensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic

Ctenoides mitis(Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Ctenoides mitis
[]
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Ctenoides obliqua
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Ctenoides philippinarum
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Ctenoides planulata
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Ctenoides planulatus
[]
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Max. Length 2.6 cm DL
 
Ctenoides sanctipauli
[]
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Ctenoides scaber
[Flame scallop]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 7.5 cm DL
Ctenoides scabra(Born, 1778)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Ctenoides scabra
[Rough fileclam]
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Ctenoides suavis
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Ctenoides vokesi
[]
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Max. Length 0.8 cm TL
 
Divarilima albicoma
[]
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Divarilima elegans
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Divarilima sydneyensis
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Escalima goughensis
[]
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Escalima regularis
[]
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Isolima limopsis
[]
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Lima attenuata
[]
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Lima bullifera
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
Lima caribaead'Orbigny, 1853

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lima caribaea
[]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Lima cubaniana
[]
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Lima disalvoi
[]
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Lima floridana
[Smooth fileclam]
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Lima fujitai
[]

Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and Me

Lima hians(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Lima hians
[]
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Lima hyperborea
[]
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Lima inflata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Lima lima(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lima lima
[Spiny fileclam]
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Lima loscombi
[]
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Max. Length 4.2 cm DL
 
Lima marioni
[]
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Lima nakayasui
[]
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Lima nimbifer
[]
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Lima pellucida
[]
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Lima quantoensis
[]
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Lima sabauriculata
[]
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Lima subovata
[]
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Lima tahitensis
[]
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Lima tomlini
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm SHH
Lima vulgaris(Link, 1807)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lima vulgaris
[Common file shell]
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Lima zelandica
[]
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Limaria amakusaensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.

Limaria basilanica(Adams & Reeve, 1850)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Limaria basilanica
[File clam]
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Limaria cumingii
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.

Limaria fragilis(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Limaria fragilis
[]
No picture found
 
Limaria hemphilli
[Hemphill fileclam]

Scott, Sue

Western Central Pacific a

Limaria hians(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Scott, Sue
 
Limaria hians
[Gaping file shale]
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Limaria hirasei
[]
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Limaria hongkongensis
[]
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Max. Length 2.8 cm TL
 
Limaria inflata
[]
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Limaria kawamurai
[]
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Limaria keohea
[]
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Max. Length 1.0 cm TL
 
Limaria locklini
[Skewed fileclam]
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Limaria loscombi
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific.

Limaria orientalis(Adam & Reeve, 1850)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Limaria orientalis
[File shell]
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Limaria paralella
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 0.3 cm TL
Limaria pellucida(Adams, 1846)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Limaria pellucida
[Antillean fileclam]
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Limaria perfragile
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm TL
 
Limaria thryptica
[]
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Limaria tuberculata
[]
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Limatula acherontis
[]
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Limatula attenuata
[Attenuate fileclam]
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Limatula aupouria
[]
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Limatula bullata
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm TL
 
Limatula confusa
[Confusing fileclam]
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Limatula deceptionensis
[]
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Limatula delli
[]
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Max. Length 0.1 cm DL
 
Limatula domaneschii
[]
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Limatula fragilis
[]
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Limatula gwyni
[]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Limatula hendersoni
[Minute fileclam]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Pacific and the
Max. Length 2.3 cm SHL
Limatula hodgsoniSmith, 1907

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Limatula hodgsoni
[]
No picture found
 
Limatula hyalina
[Hyaline fileclam]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm DL
 
Limatula hyperborea
[Arctic fileclam]
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Limatula insularis
[]
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Limatula japonica
[Japan fileclam]
No picture found
 
Limatula kawamurai
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Limatula laminifera
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Limatula louiseae
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Limatula maoriaFinlay, 1927

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Limatula maoria
[]
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Limatula margaretae
[]
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Limatula nodulosa
[]
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Limatula oliveri
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Limatula ovalis
[]
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Limatula ponderi
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Limatula powelli
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Limatula raoulica
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Limatula regularis
[Regular fileclam]
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Limatula saturna
[Saturna fileclam]
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Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Limatula setifera
[Bristly fileclam]
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Limatula sibogai
[]
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Limatula similaris
[Furrowless fileclam]
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Limatula simillima
[]
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Limatula spinulosa
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean, North Ame

Limatula subauriculata(Montagu, 1808)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Limatula subauriculata
[Small-ear fileclam]
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Limatula subovata
[]
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Limatula sulcata
[]
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Limatula suteri
[]
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Limatula textilis
[]
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Limatula tosana
[]
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Limatula vancouverensis
[]
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Limatula vigilis
[]
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Limea argentineae
[]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Limea bronniana
[Dwarf fileclam]
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Limea clandestina
[]
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Limea limopsis
[]
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Max. Length 0.1 cm DL
 
Limea lirata
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Pacific, Southwe
Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
Limea pygmaea(Philippi, 1845)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Limea pygmaea
[]
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Limea sarsii
[]
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Limea subovata
[Subovate fileclam]
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Notolimea crassa
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