Species Identification
Back to search
Other identification tools

Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limida
Family: Limidae file shells

Genus: Limaria

(See list of species below)

Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m
and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)
Show family drawing(s)



19 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:
No picture found
 
Limaria amakusaensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.

Limaria basilanica(Adams & Reeve, 1850)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Limaria basilanica
[File clam]
No picture found
 
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]
No picture found
 
Limaria hirasei
[]
No picture found
 
Limaria hongkongensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm TL
 
Limaria inflata
[]
No picture found
 
Limaria kawamurai
[]
No picture found
 
Limaria keohea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm TL
 
Limaria locklini
[Skewed fileclam]
No picture found
 
Limaria loscombi
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific.

Limaria orientalis(Adam & Reeve, 1850)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Limaria orientalis
[File shell]
No picture found
 
Limaria paralella
[]

Coltro, Marcus

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

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Limaria pellucida
[Antillean fileclam]
No picture found
 
Limaria perfragile
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.2 cm TL
 
Limaria thryptica
[]
No picture found
 
Limaria tuberculata
[]


Scientific Name
    • English Name
    • Distribution
    • Max. Length
    • Year



    • 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.