Lima (bivalve)
Lima is a genus of file shells or file clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, the file shells, within the subclass Pteriomorphia.
The shells are obliquely trigonal, and strongly radially ribbed, the ribs scabrous to spinose.
The soft parts are bright red and many tentacles protrude from the open valves.
Species
Lima attenuata- † Lima becki C. A. Fleming, 1955 Lima benthonimbifer Iredale, 1925Lima bullifera Deshayes in Maillard, 1863Lima caribaea d'Orbigny, 1853
- † Lima carolina d'Orbigny, 1850
- † Lima colorata Hutton, 1873
- † Lima crenulicosa Roemer, 1849Lima disalvoi Raines, 2002Lima fujitai Oyama, 1943Lima hyperborea Jensen, 1909Lima kimthachi Thach, 2016Lima lima - spiny fileclamLima marioni P. Fischer, 1882Lima messura Lima nakayasui Habe, 1987Lima nasca Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924Lima ogasawaraensis Habe, 1993
- † Lima paleata Hutton, 1873 Lima paucicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843Lima quantoensis Yokoyama, 1920
- † Lima robini C. A. Fleming, 1950 Lima sagamiensis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, 1971Lima sabauriculata Lima spectata Lima tahitensis E. A. Smith, 1885Lima tetrica Gould, 1851Lima tomlini Prashad, 1932Lima tropicalis
- † Lima vasis Marwick, 1928 Lima vulgaris Lima vulgatula Yokoyama, 1922
- † Lima wacoensis Roemer, 1849
- † Lima waipipiensis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919
- † Lima watersi Marwick, 1926Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877Lima zushiensis Yokoyama, 1920