Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Limoida > Superfamily Limoidea > Family Limidae > Genus Lima

Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LimaBruguière, 1797accepted genus name
Limaria Rafinesque, 1815 later homonym
Radula Mörch, 1853 later homonym
Limaria Rafinesque, 1815 synonym
Limaria (Limaria) Link, 1807 synonym
Limaria (Limatulella) Sacco, 1898 synonym
Mantellum Röding, 1798 synonym
Radula Mörch, 1853 synonym

Species group names

Lima squamosa Lamarck, 1801 synonym
Lima squamosa var. depressa Locard, 1886 synonym
Lima squamosa var. elata Locard, 1886 synonym
Lima squamosa var. elongata Locard, 1886 synonym
Lima squamosa var. inflata Locard, 1886 synonym
Lima squamosa var. intermedia Locard, 1886 synonym
Lima squamosa var. major Locard, 1886 synonym
Lima squamosa var. rotundata Locard, 1886 synonym
Lima vulgaris Scacchi, 1836 synonym
Ostrea lima Linnaeus, 1758 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: midhja lime sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Dutch: raspschelp
 English: spiny file shell; spiny fileclam; spiny lima sources: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
 French: lime
 German: Feilenmuschel
 Italian: sorbolo di mare

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

additional source

Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.

additional source

Spry, J.F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records 63

additional source

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.

additional source

Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (13 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Lima lima. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140233

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

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2008-05-19 by Serge Gofas

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