129 Species in Family Limidae
Nominal species list for Limidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acesta angolensis Adam & Knudsen, 1955
Acesta arnaudi Nolf, 2022
Acesta bullisi (Vokes, 1963)
Acesta colombiana (Vokes, 1970)
Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779) Excavated fileclam
Acesta gabrieli Nolf, 2022
Acesta lemuriensis Nolf & Hubrecht, 2022
Acesta marissinica Yamashita & Habe, 1969
Acesta maui Marshall, 2001 Giant file shell
Acesta oophaga (Järnegren, Schander & Young, 2007)
Acesta patagonica (Dall, 1902) Deep-water coral clam
Acesta philippinensis (Bartsch, 1913)
Acesta rathbuni (Bartsch, 1913) Rathbun's giant file shell
Acesta saginata Marshall, 2001
Acesta smithi (Sowerby, 1880)
Ctenoides ales (Finlay, 1927) Electric flame scallop
Ctenoides annulatus (Lamarck, 1819)
Ctenoides concentrica (Sowerby, 1888)
Ctenoides lischkei (Lamy, 1930)
Ctenoides miamiensis Mikkelsen & Bieler, 2003
Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1818)
Ctenoides obliqua Mikkelsen & Bieler, 2003
Ctenoides philippinarum (Masahito & Habe, 1972)
Ctenoides planulata (Dall, 1886)
Ctenoides planulatus (Dall, 1886)
Ctenoides sanctipauli Stuardo, 1982
Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778) Flame scallop
Ctenoides scabra (Born, 1778) Rough fileclam
Ctenoides suavis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Ctenoides vokesi Mikkelsen & Bieler, 2003
Divarilima albicoma (Dall, 1886)
Divarilima elegans Hayami & Kase, 1993
Divarilima sydneyensis (Hedley, 1904)
Escalima goughensis (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Escalima regularis Powell, 1955
Isolima limopsis (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934)
Lima attenuata (Dall, 1916)
Lima bullifera Deshayes, 1863
Lima caribaea d'Orbigny, 1853
Lima cubaniana d'Orbigny, 1853
Lima disalvoi Raines, 2002
Lima floridana Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Smooth fileclam
Lima fujitai Oyama, 1946
Lima hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Lima hyperborea Jensen, 1909
Lima inflata (Chemnitz, 1784)
Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) Spiny fileclam
Lima loscombi Sowerby, 1823
Lima marioni Fischer, 1882
Lima nakayasui Habe, 1987
Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924
Lima pellucida Adams, 1846
Lima quantoensis Yokoyama, 1920
Lima sabauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
Lima subovata Jeffreys, 1879
Lima tahitensis Smith, 1885
Lima tomlini Prashad, 1932
Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807) Common file shell
Lima zelandica Sowerby, 1876
Limaria amakusaensis (Habe, 1960)
Limaria basilanica (Adams & Reeve, 1850) File clam
Limaria cumingii (Sowerby II, 1843)
Limaria fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Limaria hemphilli (Hertlein & Strong, 1946) Hemphill fileclam
Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791) Gaping file shale
Limaria hirasei (Pilsbry, 1901)
Limaria hongkongensis Morton, 1979
Limaria inflata (Lamarck, 1807)
Limaria kawamurai Masahito & Habe, 1972
Limaria keohea (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Limaria locklini (McGinty, 1955) Skewed fileclam
Limaria loscombi (Sowerby, 1823)
Limaria orientalis (Adam & Reeve, 1850) File shell
Limaria paralella (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
Limaria pellucida (Adams, 1846) Antillean fileclam
Limaria perfragile Habe & Kosuge, 1966
Limaria thryptica (Penna, 1971)
Limaria tuberculata (Olivi, 1792)
Limatula acherontis Fleming, 1978
Limatula attenuata Dall, 1916 Attenuate fileclam
Limatula aupouria Powell, 1937
Limatula bullata (Born, 1780)
Limatula confusa (Smith, 1885) Confusing fileclam
Limatula deceptionensis Preston, 1916
Limatula delli Fleming, 1978
Limatula domaneschii Oliveira & Absalao, 2008
Limatula fragilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
Limatula hendersoni Olsson & McGinty, 1958 Minute fileclam
Limatula hodgsoni Smith, 1907
Limatula hyalina Verrill & Bush, 1898 Hyaline fileclam
Limatula hyperborea Jensen, 1909 Arctic fileclam
Limatula insularis Oliver, 1915
Limatula japonica Adams, 1864 Japan fileclam
Limatula kawamurai (Masahito & Habe, 1972)
Limatula laminifera (Smith, 1885)
Limatula louiseae Clarke, 1974
Limatula maoria Finlay, 1927
Limatula margaretae Allen, 2004
Limatula nodulosa Verrill & Bush, 1898
Limatula oliveri Powell, 1958
Limatula ovalis Thiele, 1912
Limatula ponderi Fleming, 1978
Limatula powelli Fleming, 1978
Limatula raoulica Fleming, 1978
Limatula regularis Verrill & Bush, 1898 Regular fileclam
Limatula saturna Bernard, 1978 Saturna fileclam
Limatula setifera Dall, 1886 Bristly fileclam
Limatula sibogai (Prashad, 1932)
Limatula similaris (Dall, 1908) Furrowless fileclam
Limatula simillima (Thiele, 1912)
Limatula spinulosa Fleming, 1978
Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808) Small-ear fileclam
Limatula subovata (Jeffreys, 1876)
Limatula sulcata (Brown, 1827)
Limatula suteri (Dall, 1908)
Limatula textilis Wang, 1990
Limatula tosana Oyama, 1943
Limatula vancouverensis Bernard, 1978
Limatula vigilis Fleming, 1978
Limea argentineae Allen, 2004
Limea bronniana Dall, 1886 Dwarf fileclam
Limea clandestina (Salas, 1994)
Limea limopsis (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934)
Limea lirata Allen, 2004
Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)
Limea sarsii (Loven, 1846)
Limea subovata (Jeffreys, 1876) Subovate fileclam
Notolimea crassa (Forbes, 1844)
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