Lima is a genus of file shells or file clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae, the file shells, within the subclass Pteriomorphia.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.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lima Bruguière, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138125 on 2021-05-08
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 (Dall, 1916) † Lima becki C. A. Fleming, 1955 Lima benthonimbifer Iredale, 1925 Lima bullifera Deshayes in Maillard, 1863 Lima caribaea d'Orbigny, 1853 † Lima carolina d'Orbigny, 1850 † Lima colorata Hutton, 1873 † Lima crenulicosa Roemer, 1849Roemer, F. (1849). Texas : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung und die physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener Beobachtung. A. Marcus. Lima disalvoi Raines, 2002 Lima fujitai Oyama, 1943 Lima hyperborea Jensen, 1909 Lima kimthachi Thach, 2016 Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) - spiny fileclam Lima marioni P. Fischer, 1882 Lima messura (Kilburn, 1998) Lima nakayasui Habe, 1987 Lima nasca (F. R. Bernard, 1988) Lima nimbifer Iredale, 1924 Lima ogasawaraensis Habe, 1993 † Lima paleata Hutton, 1873 Lima paucicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1843 Lima quantoensis Yokoyama, 1920 † Lima robini C. A. Fleming, 1950 Lima sagamiensis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, 1971 Lima sabauriculata (Montagu, 1808) Lima spectata (Iredale, 1929) Lima tahitensis E. A. Smith, 1885 Lima tetrica Gould, 1851 Lima tomlini Prashad, 1932 Lima tropicalis (Iredale, 1939) † Lima vasis Marwick, 1928 Lima vulgaris (Link, 1807) Lima vulgatula Yokoyama, 1922 † Lima wacoensis Roemer, 1849 † Lima waipipiensis P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919 † Lima watersi Marwick, 1926 Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877 Lima zushiensis Yokoyama, 1920 Synonyms Lima colorata zealandica sowerby, 1876: synonym of Lima zealandica G. B. Sowerby III, 1877 Lima excavata (Fabricius, 1779) - excavated fileclam: synonym of Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779) Lima floridana Olsson and Harbison, 1953 - smooth fileclam: synonym of Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807) Lima hians (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791) Lima locklini McGinty, 1955 - locklin fileclam, skewed fileclam: synonym of Limaria locklini (McGinty, 1955) Lima pellucida C. B. Adams, 1846 - Antillean fileclam: synonym of Limaria pellucida (C. B. Adams, 1848) Lima scabra (Born, 1778) - rough file clam: synonym of Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778) Lima squamosa Lamarck, 1819): synonym of Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) Lima subovata (Jeffreys, 1879) - subovate fileclam: synonym of Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875) Lima tenera G.B. Sowerby II, 1843: synonym of Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)
References
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979