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 <small>(Dall, 1916)</small>
- â Lima becki <small>C. A. Fleming, 1955</small>
- Lima benthonimbifer <small>Iredale, 1925</small>
- Lima bullifera <small>Deshayes in Maillard, 1863</small>
- Lima caribaea <small>d'Orbigny, 1853</small>
- â Lima carolina <small>d'Orbigny, 1850</small>
- â Lima colorata <small>Hutton, 1873</small>
- â Lima crenulicosa <small>Roemer, 1849</small>
- Lima disalvoi <small>Raines, 2002</small>
- Lima fujitai <small>Oyama, 1943</small>
- Lima hyperborea <small>Jensen, 1909</small>
- Lima kimthachi <small>Thach, 2016</small>
- Lima lima <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> - spiny fileclam
- Lima marioni <small>P. Fischer, 1882</small>
- Lima messura <small>(Kilburn, 1998)</small>
- Lima nakayasui <small>Habe, 1987</small>
- Lima nasca <small>(F. R. Bernard, 1988)</small>
- Lima nimbifer <small>Iredale, 1924</small>
- Lima ogasawaraensis <small>Habe, 1993</small>
- â Lima paleata <small>Hutton, 1873</small>
- Lima paucicostata <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1843</small>
- Lima quantoensis <small>Yokoyama, 1920</small>
- â Lima robini <small>C. A. Fleming, 1950</small>
- Lima sagamiensis <small>Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, 1971</small>
- Lima sabauriculata <small>(Montagu, 1808)</small>
- Lima spectata <small>(Iredale, 1929)</small>
- Lima tahitensis <small>E. A. Smith, 1885</small>
- Lima tetrica <small>Gould, 1851</small>
- Lima tomlini <small>Prashad, 1932</small>
- Lima tropicalis <small>(Iredale, 1939)</small>
- â Lima vasis <small>Marwick, 1928</small>
- Lima vulgaris <small>(Link, 1807)</small>
- Lima vulgatula <small>Yokoyama, 1922</small>
- â Lima wacoensis <small>Roemer, 1849</small>
- â Lima waipipiensis <small>P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919</small>
- â Lima watersi <small>Marwick, 1926</small>
- Lima zealandica <small>G. B. Sowerby III, 1877</small>
- Lima zushiensis <small>Yokoyama, 1920</small>
Synonyms:
- Lima colorata zealandica <small>sowerby, 1876</small>: synonym of Lima zealandica <small>G. B. Sowerby III, 1877</small>
- Lima excavata <small>(Fabricius, 1779)</small> - excavated fileclam: synonym of Acesta excavata <small>(Fabricius, 1779)</small>
- Lima floridana <small>Olsson and Harbison, 1953</small> - smooth fileclam: synonym of Ctenoides mitis <small>(Lamarck, 1807)</small>
- Lima hians <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Limaria hians <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Lima locklini <small>McGinty, 1955</small> - locklin fileclam, skewed fileclam: synonym of Limaria locklini <small>(McGinty, 1955)</small>
- Lima pellucida <small>C. B. Adams, 1846</small> - Antillean fileclam: synonym of Limaria pellucida <small>(C. B. Adams, 1848)</small>
- Lima scabra <small>(Born, 1778)</small> - rough file clam: synonym of Ctenoides scaber <small>(Born, 1778)</small>
- Lima squamosa <small>Lamarck, 1819)</small>: synonym of Lima lima <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Lima subovata <small>(Jeffreys, 1879)</small> - subovate fileclam: synonym of Limatula subovata <small>(Monterosato, 1875)</small>
- Lima tenera <small>G.B. Sowerby II, 1843</small>: synonym of Ctenoides mitis <small>(Lamarck, 1807)</small>
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