Limaria pellucida

Limaria pellucida

Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limida
Superfamily: Limoidea
Family: Limidae
Genus: Limaria
Species:
L. pellucida
Binomial name
Limaria pellucida
(C.B. Adams, 1846)
Synonyms

Lima pellucida C. B. Adams, 1848

Limaria pellucida, the Antillean file shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ NatureServe. "Lima pellucida". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 32.
  3. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Limaria pellucida (C. B. Adams, 1848)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  • Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College
  • 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.
  • Cosel R. von & Gofas S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Faune et Flore Tropicales. 48: 1-1104.


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