Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Acesta angolensis		Eastern Atlantic.		1955
Acesta arnaudi		Eastern Atlantic.		2022
Acesta bullisi		Western Atlantic.		1963
Acesta colombiana		Western Atlantic		1970
Acesta excavata	Excavated fileclam	Europe & Northern Asia (e	11.3 DL	1779
Acesta gabrieli		Europe & Northern Asia (e		2022
Acesta lemuriensis		Europe & Northern Asia (e		2022
Acesta marissinica		Western Pacific		1969
Acesta maui	Giant file shell	Southwest Pacific		2001
Acesta oophaga		Western Atlantic.		2007
Acesta patagonica	Deep-water coral clam	Southwest Atlantic and So		1902
Acesta philippinensis		Western Pacific		1913
Acesta rathbuni	Rathbun's giant file shell	Indo-West Pacific.	21 SHH	1913
Acesta saginata		Southwest Pacific		2001
Acesta smithi		Northwest Pacific		1880
Ctenoides ales	Electric flame scallop	Indo-Pacific.		1927
Ctenoides annulatus		Indo-West Pacific.		1819
Ctenoides concentrica		Northwest Pacific		1888
Ctenoides lischkei		Indo-Pacific.		1930
Ctenoides miamiensis		Western Central Atlantic		2003
Ctenoides mitis		Western Atlantic		1818
Ctenoides obliqua		Western Atlantic.		2003
Ctenoides philippinarum		Western Central Pacific	4 TL	1972
Ctenoides planulata		Western Atlantic.		1886
Ctenoides planulatus		Western Central Atlantic		1886
Ctenoides sanctipauli		Western Atlantic.	2.6 DL	1982
Ctenoides scaber	Flame scallop	Western Central Atlantic		1778
Ctenoides scabra	Rough fileclam	Western Atlantic.	7.5 DL	1778
Ctenoides suavis		Western Central Pacific		1971
Ctenoides vokesi		Western Atlantic.		2003
Divarilima albicoma		Western Central Atlantic	0.8 TL	1886
Divarilima elegans		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1993
Divarilima sydneyensis		Southwest Pacific.		1904
Escalima goughensis		Southeast Atlantic		1907
Escalima regularis		Southwest Pacific		1955
Isolima limopsis		Northwest Pacific		1934
Lima attenuata		Northeast Atlantic		1916
Lima bullifera		Eastern Central Pacific		1863
Lima caribaea		Western Central Atlantic.	2.5 TL	1853
Lima cubaniana		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1853
Lima disalvoi		Southeast Pacific		2002
Lima floridana	Smooth fileclam	Atlantic Ocean.		1953
Lima fujitai		Western Central Pacific		1946
Lima hians		Northeast Atlantic and Me		1791
Lima hyperborea		Northeast Atlantic and th		1909
Lima inflata		Mediterranean Sea		1784
Lima lima	Spiny fileclam	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	9 SHL	1758
Lima loscombi		Northeast Atlantic		1823
Lima marioni		Mediterranean Sea.	4.2 DL	1882
Lima nakayasui		Western Central Pacific		1987
Lima nimbifer		Eastern Indian Ocean		1924
Lima pellucida		Atlantic Ocean		1846
Lima quantoensis		Western Central Pacific		1920
Lima sabauriculata		Northeast Atlantic		1808
Lima subovata		Northeast Atlantic		1879
Lima tahitensis		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1885
Lima tomlini		Western and Southeast Pac		1932
Lima vulgaris	Common file shell	Indo-Pacific	9 SHH	1807
Lima zelandica		Southwest Pacific		1876
Limaria amakusaensis		Northwest Pacific		1960
Limaria basilanica	File clam	Indo-Pacific.		1850
Limaria cumingii		Western Central Pacific		1843
Limaria fragilis		Indo-Pacific.		1791
Limaria hemphilli	Hemphill fileclam	Eastern Pacific.		1946
Limaria hians	Gaping file shale	Western Central Pacific a		1791
Limaria hirasei		Northwest Pacific		1901
Limaria hongkongensis		Northwest Pacific		1979
Limaria inflata		Southwest Atlantic	2.8 TL	1807
Limaria kawamurai		Western Central Pacific		1972
Limaria keohea		Eastern Central Pacific		1938
Limaria locklini	Skewed fileclam	Western Atlantic.	1.0 TL	1955
Limaria loscombi		Mediterranean Sea.		1823
Limaria orientalis	File shell	Indo-West Pacific.		1850
Limaria paralella		Eastern Pacific		1938
Limaria pellucida	Antillean fileclam	Western Atlantic.	0.3 TL	1846
Limaria perfragile		Northwest Pacific		1966
Limaria thryptica		Western Atlantic.	0.2 TL	1971
Limaria tuberculata		Mediterranean Sea.		1792
Limatula acherontis		Southwest Pacific		1978
Limatula attenuata	Attenuate fileclam	Eastern Pacific and North		1916
Limatula aupouria		Southwest Pacific		1937
Limatula bullata		Western Pacific.		1780
Limatula confusa	Confusing fileclam	Atlantic Ocean.	0.2 TL	1885
Limatula deceptionensis		Antarctica.		1916
Limatula delli		Southwest Pacific		1978
Limatula domaneschii		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	2008
Limatula fragilis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1791
Limatula gwyni		Northeast Atlantic and th		1903
Limatula hendersoni	Minute fileclam	Atlantic Ocean.	0.3 DL	1958
Limatula hodgsoni		Southern Pacific and the	2.3 SHL	1907
Limatula hyalina	Hyaline fileclam	Northeast Atlantic		1898
Limatula hyperborea	Arctic fileclam	Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	1.4 DL	1909
Limatula insularis		Southwest Pacific		1915
Limatula japonica	Japan fileclam	Northeast Atlantic and Pa		1864
Limatula kawamurai		Northwest Pacific		1972
Limatula laminifera		Western Central Atlantic	0.2 DL	1885
Limatula louiseae		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1974
Limatula maoria		Southwest Pacific		1927
Limatula margaretae		Atlantic Ocean.		2004
Limatula nodulosa		Western Atlantic.		1898
Limatula oliveri		Southwest Pacific		1958
Limatula ovalis		Antarctic Atlantic		1912
Limatula ponderi		Eastern Indian Ocean		1978
Limatula powelli		Indo-West Pacific		1978
Limatula raoulica		Southwest Pacific		1978
Limatula regularis	Regular fileclam	Atlantic Ocean.		1898
Limatula saturna	Saturna fileclam	Eastern Pacific and North		1978
Limatula setifera	Bristly fileclam	Atlantic Ocean.	0.9 DL	1886
Limatula sibogai		Western Pacific.		1932
Limatula similaris	Furrowless fileclam	Eastern Pacific and North		1908
Limatula simillima		Antarctic		1912
Limatula spinulosa		Southwest Pacific.		1978
Limatula subauriculata	Small-ear fileclam	Atlantic Ocean, North Ame		1808
Limatula subovata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1876
Limatula sulcata		Northeast Atlantic		1827
Limatula suteri		Southwest Pacific		1908
Limatula textilis		Northwest Pacific		1990
Limatula tosana		Western Central Pacific		1943
Limatula vancouverensis		Northeast Atlantic		1978
Limatula vigilis		Southwest Pacific		1978
Limea argentineae		Western Atlantic.		2004
Limea bronniana	Dwarf fileclam	North America.	0.5 DL	1886
Limea clandestina		Mediterranean Sea.		1994
Limea limopsis		Western Central Pacific		1934
Limea lirata		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	2004
Limea pygmaea		Southern Pacific, Southwe	1.5 DL	1845
Limea sarsii		Mediterranean Sea		1846
Limea subovata	Subovate fileclam	North America.		1876
Notolimea crassa		Mediterranean Sea		1844

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.

Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Limidae file shells(See list of species below)

Family: Limidae file shells

(See list of species below)