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Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limida
Family: Limidae file shells

Genus: Lima

(See list of species below)

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23 species (see list below)
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Lima attenuata
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Lima bullifera
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Coltro, Marcus

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

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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
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Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and Me

Lima hians(Gmelin, 1791)

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Lima hians
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Lima hyperborea
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Lima inflata
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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
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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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